NEW DELHI: What does it take to power one of the world’s largest Covid care centres? Underground cables with combined length of 22 km- long enough to cover the distance between Connaught Place and Udyog Vihar Phase-I in Gurgaon. BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) has also set up four sub-stations and 24 transformers at the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre that has come up at the ashram of Radha Soami Satsang Beas on the outskirts of south Delhi.
The massive facility with 10,000 beds covers an area of nearly 29 acres and requires an equally massive power infrastructure. For this, BRPL has been tasked with readying the power infrastructure by July 5. In a statement, the power discom said that it was initially entrusted to provide an electric load of 18 MW but with the requirement going up, the power-load requirement too has been increased to 23 MW.
“For catering to the massive load requirement, over 100 discom officials and workers are working round-the-clock under direct supervision of the company’ senior leadership team and in close coordination with the government and other departments,” the statement said.
