Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed the electricity department to convert all 11kV bare electrical wires in the city into insulated ones to ensure safety of people, especially during the monsoon, and also directed officials to expedite the ongoing work of shifting all overhead cables in the capital to below the ground.
The Delhi cabinet on Friday approved a policy to convert bare wires into insulated conductors, a statement from the office of the chief minister said. “As a responsible and sensitive government, it is our duty to provide safety as well as facilities to the people of Delhi at every level. In view of this, this policy has been brought forth so that the people of Delhi can be saved from the possible danger to life and property that bare conductors pose,” Kejriwal said.
The government said about 2,264km of bare conductor network will be converted into an insulated network by the three discoms Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) and BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL). Kejriwal said the government is also working on shifting all overhead electrical wires underground.
