How a ‘hotline crew’ prevents power cuts in Chennai
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO), has now upgraded its equipment to conduct repair work on 400kW transmission stations without cutting off power supply.
For the first time on Thursday, officials from TANTRANSCO demonstrated how these operations are carried out, to State Electricity Minister P Thangamani at the transmission sub-station at Alamathy, Tiruvallur district from where supply to Chennai is made.
In 1959, the State government first launched the ‘hotline crew’ which performed repair operations on live connections. However, such work was done only in relatively lower power distribution stations.
