Durga Puja Gift for remote villages of North Andaman
D J Venkatesh
Diglipur, Oct 16: This Durga Puja, resident ofDiglipurIslands, will have more reasons to celebrate. The Andaman and Nicobar Administration has sent six new Containerized DG sets of 82.5 KVA each to Gandhi Nagar (One Set), Shanti Nagar (Two sets), Ganesh Nagar (One Set), and Smith Island (two sets) of Diglipur region. These areas of North Andaman were reeling under acute shortage of power since last several years.
According to reports out of theseIslandsSmith Islands present have 12 hours power supply and Gandi Nagar has only five hour power supply and there is no power supply in Shanti Nagar and Ganesh Nagar.
According to reports Mona Generator Services(P) Ltd,Delhihas been awarded the contract for supplying, installation and commissioning of these generator sets on hiring basis. This has been done to ensure 24 hour power supply in these regions.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha the Assistant Commissioner of Diglipur, Dr. Vivek Kumar said that Domestic connections have already provided to these areas. “We expect that power supply to these areas will begin before Durga Puja,” Dr. Kumar added.
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