NOIDA: The power utility in Noida has implemented a three-hour shutdown from 11 am to 2 pm on Friday, affecting 10 companies in 7x sectors to maintenance on the 33/11 kV Substation in Sector 79. The affected apartment complexes, including Civitech Stadia, JM Aroma, Gaur Sportswood, Antriksh Golfview 2, Elite Homz and more, were operating essential services such as lifts and utilities in common areas through backup generators. The maintenance work included replacement of old, damaged insulators and feeder lines in Sector 7x.
In addition to the work at the Sector 79 substation Repair work also began in Sectors 31 and 56This includes repair of transformers, installation of circuit breakers and replacement of old poles, ACBs and underground cables (in some parts) of Sectors 31 and 56. The work is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
“We had a Power outage from 11 am to 2 pm today at 33/11 kV substation in Sector 79 to carry out repair and maintenance work. Around 10 apartment complexes connected to Sector 79 substation were given advance notice about the maintenance work scheduled for Friday and asked to ensure backup power supply in their complexes for the said duration. The apartment complexes in 7x sectors affected by the shutdown included JM Aroma Sector 75, Sethi Max Royal Sector 76, Elite Homz Sector 77, Assotech Windsor Court Sector 78, Antriksh Golfview 2 Sector 78, Civitech Stadia and Gaur Sportswood Sector 79 etc,” said Mahipal Singh, Junior Engineer (JE), Noida Power Department.
Ranjan Samantaray, a resident of Antriksh Golfview 2 Sector 78, told TOI that the complex was equipped with a diesel generator as a backup for essential services during the three-hour power shutdown for repair work on Friday. “Our maintenance staff at the apartment complex had issued a circular about the power shutdown, which helped us plan the day accordingly,” Samantaray said.
Meanwhile, sector RWA chairman RK Singh discussed various issues of the sector following a meeting with power authorities Pramod Gogania (Chief Engineer, EE), Samarth Srivastava (Sub-District Officer, SDO) and Ram Asare (JE) earlier this week. “The power supply in Block C of the sector is the worst and all the transformers in the sector need urgent repairs. Also, circuit breakers need to be installed and there is a timeline to rectify the faults urgently, in the short term and in the long term,” Singh said.
EE Gogania assured that it would address the issues raised and first begin with the necessary repair work on the transformers in the sector.
A similar meeting with SDO Vishwajeet Chaudhary and JE Hari Singh was held in Sector 56 this week, where RWA President Sanjay Mavi raised the issues of outages, voltage fluctuations and the need to replace old, dilapidated electricity poles with new ACBs (air breakers) for the safety of distribution transformers in the sector.
SDO Chaudhary said that the tender for undergrounding of high voltage power line for the sector has been approved and the work will start soon. “Apart from this, low voltage power lines are also being replaced underground in some parts of the sector,” he said.
Noida Power Company Chief Engineer Harish Bansal has ordered that all work must be completed by August 31.
