Country's 1st Grid dedicated under RDSS | 18 Aug 2023

Why is News?

On August 17, 2023, under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), the state-of-the-art 33/11 KV power grid was inaugurated at Imlikheda in Indore district, the first prepared in the country.

Key Points:

• Water Resources and Fishermen Welfare Minister of Madhya Pradesh Tulsiram Silavat and MP Shankar Lalwani inaugurated the grid.
• The said grid of five MVA capacity costs three crores. With this, 8000 electricity consumers and 25000 people of five villages will get 24 hours high-quality electricity.
• It is known that under the Revised Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Ministry of Power in July last year, the country's first 33/11 KV power grid has recently been completed and electrified at Imlikheda in Sanwer tehsil of Indore district.
• The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the grid was done by Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat in February 2023.
• Electrical equipment materials, power transformers, VCBs, cables, conductors etc. have been used only after testing in national level NABL.   
• For the first time, panther conductors have been used in the grid, which is almost twice the capacity of conventional conductors. The work of 97 such grids in the company area is in various stages.