Bhatti visits Bengaluru to study underground power infrastructure model

Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka’s visited Bengaluru visit was part of the Telangana government’s ongoing efforts to modernize urban infrastructure and improve power supply systems

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka visited Bengaluru on Tuesday for a review of the city’s large-scale underground cabling initiative undertaken by the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM).

The visit was part of the Telangana government’s ongoing efforts to modernize urban infrastructure and improve power supply systems. During the visit, presentations were made on the Bengaluru Overhead (OH) to Underground (UG) Power Conversion Project. The project, launched in 2018–19, has already converted over 7,400 kilometres of 11kV OH lines and thousands of kilometres of low-tension lines into UG or aerial bunched (AB) cables. A key innovation has been the laying of Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) ducts along the UG cable routes to enable future telecom leasing as a revenue stream.

Later in the day, the Deputy Chief Minister visited a pilot site in Malleshwaram (15th Cross) where an Underground Distribution network, including underground Transformer (DTR) system has been implemented.