State Information and Public Relations Secretary Sanjay Singh Wednesday said that nearly 80 per cent electricity will be restored in the Capital city by May 10 while complete power supply will be possible by May 12.
However, restoration of power supply in Puri will take another month, he said.
Singh said at a press conference that in Cuttack, 80 per cent water supply has been restored and we are targeting complete restoration by Wednesday evening while in Khurda, almost 70 per cent water supply has been restored so far.
“Water supply has resumed in Bhubaneswar and Puri as well. We have used different DG sets capacity-wise for different areas to restore water stock,” he added.
Singh said the Government has set a target to restore 80 per cent power supply in Bhubaneswar by May 10.
“If we go by the overall picture, by May 12 there will be complete power restoration. On the other hand, restoration work would begin in Nimapara and Puri after May 12 as these areas have suffered maximum damage in the cyclone,” Singh added.
Even as 2000 staff has been deployed in Puri, the government has made it clear that it would take another 30 days to restore power supply in the affected areas.
Senior General Manager of CESU, Subrat Mishra, informing about the phase-wise power restoration in Bhubaneswar said, on Tuesday around 3700 consumers in Unit-6, Unit-8, Rasulgarh, Badagada, Chandrasekharpur, Xaviers, VSS Nagar had got power supply.
“We are expecting that 15,000 consumers under BCDD-1 will get power supply by today evening,” he said.
Meanwhile, an Emergency Restoration System (ERS) tower is being erected to restore uninterrupted power supply.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today visited Chandaka to take stock of the ongoing restoration work by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) which has suffered extensive damage in the cyclone.