- Power supply fully restored in Boudh, Rayagada, Gajapati, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur
- Ganjam reaches 98.48% and Kandhamal 99.78% restoration
Berhampur (Odisha Tazanews ) :- TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL), a joint venture between TATA Power and Government of Odisha has achieved 100% power restoration in six districts of Southern Odisha following the impact of Cyclone Arnab and subsequent floods. Electricity supply has been fully restored to affected consumers in Boudh, Rayagada, Gajapati, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur districts. In the remaining two districts, restoration has also progressed significantly, with Ganjam achieving 98.48% and Kandhamal 99.78% consumer restoration. Overall, TPSODL has restored power supply to 99.28% of the affected consumers across its eight-district operational area, reconnecting 17,75,975 out of 17,88,942 affected consumers. The company has also restored all 46 affected 33 kV feeders, all 130 affected 33/11 kV substations and all 658 affected 11 kV feeders.
Around 6,500 personnel have been mobilised across Southern Odisha, supported by approximately 400 vehicles, six mobile distribution substations and 16 transit stores. Commenting on the restoration efforts Mr. Amit Kumar Garg, CEO, TPSODL, said: “Achieving 100% restoration in six districts is a significant milestone in our efforts following Cyclone Arnab. I sincerely appreciate our field personnel, engineers and support teams who have worked tirelessly, often in difficult conditions, to restore electricity supply. Our teams continue to focus on the remaining affected consumers in Ganjam and Kandhamal. We remain committed to completing the restoration at the earliest, with safety as our highest priority.” TPSODL continues to deploy its resources and coordinate field operations to restore power supply to remaining affected consumer
