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AP: Power supply fully restored in cyclone hit WG district: APSPDCL chairman

Bhimavaram, Nov 5 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh State Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL) Chairman and Managing Director Shivashankar Lotheti has said that power supply to households across West Godavari district has been fully restored following extensive damage caused by Cyclone Murasu.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the CMD said restoration works were carried out on a war footing with the support of officials, field staff and teams from other power distribution companies, including personnel from Telangana. He said the loss to APSPDCL due to cyclone has been pegged at Rs 50.49 crore.
"Of the 98 electricity substations affected in the district, restoration works have been completed in all of them. Similarly, 65 of the 67 damaged 33 kV lines have been restored, while the remaining two are in the final stages. As many as 472 of the 475 affected 11 kV lines have also been repaired, with the remaining three expected to be restored by Thursday evening," he said.
Stating that household power supply has been completely restored in 409 villages spread across six divisions and 20 mandals of the district, he informed that of the 17,584 aquaculture power connections affected by the cyclone, supply has been restored to 14,595 connections and the remaining 2,989 aquaculture connections and agricultural power services are expected to be fully restored within the next one or two days.
Lotheti said the department had removed damaged electricity poles, cleared trees that fell on high-tension and low-tension lines, and laid new power lines wherever necessary. A total of 3,254 officials and staff from 226 teams are continuing restoration and maintenance operations across the district, he said, adding that the preliminary estimate of damage to the power sector due to the cyclone has been pegged at Rs 50.49 crore. Collector C Nagarani was present.
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