Overview

• BSES, TPDDL and Delhi Transco Limited jointly appealed to avoid metal-coated manjha, warning it poses a severe risk to life and power supply disruptions.
• A BSES spokesperson called metal-coated manjha a “deadly conductor” linked to accidents, electrocutions and widespread outages across the city.
• TPDDL quantified that tripping of a single 33/66 kV line can cut power to over 10,000 residents and an 11 kV line outage can affect more than 2,500.
• Shurbir Singh, CMD of DTL, cautioned that careless kite flying near electrical installations can trigger blackouts, electrocution or even death.
• TPDDL has planned a mega rally in slum clusters and uses geospatial analysis to pinpoint neighborhoods like Jahangirpuri and Mangolpuri for targeted safety drives.