07-05-2025
Cables laid, Ghaziabad set to get 3 new power substations
Ghaziabad: A total of three new 33 kV substations are set to come up in the district by Sept this year. The substations, being built at a cost of around Rs 6-7 crore each, are located in Noor Nagar, Karkar Model, and near the Hindon civil terminal area. Together, they will address the power issues of over 25,000 people in these areas."To improve power supply in the zone 3 area of the Ghaziabad power department, three new 33 kV substations will be built this year. These will provide relief to the people, along with improving the power supply. Land for the construction of these substations has been taken, and work has begun. They will be ready by September this year," Deepak Agarwal, chief engineer, zone 3, Ghaziabad power department, PVVNL, told went on to clarify that the Hindon Airport Substation is not being built for the airport, but for the area around Nagar is a locality in the Raj Nagar Extension (RNE) area of Ghaziabad. At present, electricity is being supplied from two substations in Raj Nagar Extension, but there is a need for a third substation to address issues of overloading and increasing power demand, as there's always a power crisis in the area during peak summers. The new substation set to come up in Noor Nagar is therefore planned to take the load of the existing two substations in the RNE area.."The power situation of RNE is expected to improve after the construction of the third substation. The work of laying power cables for about 5km for the substation is done," said an official of the power Nagar Extension and its neighbouring areas are home to around 18,000 consumers.A 6km line is currently being laid from the Hindon Airport substation. Supply from the substation is set to benefit around 7,000 consumers in areas like Sikandpur, Garima Garden, and Pasunda. Previously, power supply to these areas was being supplied from substations in Lajpat Nagar and Rajendra Nagar, which faced perpetual problems of overloading, leading to frequent snags and transformer substation in Karkar Model industrial area is expected to provide better supply to around 5,000 consumers in the nearby industrial and residential areas. This substation is expected to take the load off the Maharajpur 3 and Ambika substations."During peak summers, people have to face a power crisis when the demand increases. In such a situation, after the construction of new substations, the distribution network will strengthen in these areas, which will address issues of outages due to overloading and bring relief to the people," Aggarwal added.
