AGARTALA, March 2 (TIWN): The work for laying underground electricity cable is yet to get completed as the work is progressing in snail pace.Even after a passage of years the work is yet to be completed. However, the sources confirmed that the work for laying the underground cable is underway at LN road and will stretched at some other part of the city.The central government has sanctioned Rs 165 crore for Tripura to lay underground electricity cable. Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) has taken the work to lay a wide underground network of high and low tension wires through towns with this fund.The funds have been sanctioned for 16 towns of the state, work for Agartala has started. Although it was expected to complete the work by March 2016 but the work shows that it will keep on lingering. Apart from aesthetics, the cables are more secure, tamper proof and have a longer life.The decision was taken to cater to the growing demand and expansion of the city, as it is not easy to erect electric pole in the city. TSECL sometimes found it difficult several times to find appropriate location to set up pole due to opposition from locals or inconvenient approach routes. Sometimes, there are technical issues as well.In first phase, the fund will be used to 50 km long underground high tension cables and 31 -km long low tension cables in the city.

Officials and engineers of the TSECL are taking utmost care to avoid damage of underground gas distribution, telephone and water supply lines during the work.

It seems that the project would require few more months to complete the work to make Agartala first city in northeast India to have the facility.

It is to be mentioned here that under R-APDRP scheme, TSECL has also started setting computerized billing systems across the state and department has also initiated renovation of entire power systems across the state. Soon, TSECL would set up new transformers in all sub divisional towns of the state along with changes of power conductors for better electric supply.

However, it is worthy to mention here that during the year 2014, it was informed that the work has already launched and laying of cable is being completed in 50km stretch in the first phase. The so called ‘ambitious’ project of the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (TSECL) is  still under bleak as the city commuters still at high risk due to the deplorable condition of the over head power line junk at the heart of the Tripura’s capital Agartala.

The central government has sanctioned Rs 165 crore for Tripura to lay underground electricity cables. Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) was suppose to lay a wide underground network of high and low tension wires through towns with this fund, but still today there is no major progress in the work and is underway in snail pace.