The state government has granted a grant of Rs. 61 lakh to remove and replace live cables in various residential colonies of the city to protect the safety and security of residents living in areas where high-tension electric wires are hanging around their dwellings.

Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori explained that the cash would be used to relocate and replace the wires with new, safer, and more secure cable lines. Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has approved a gift of Rs. 6100391 from his small-savings discretionary funds for the years 2021-22, according to him.

The DC went on to say that a total of Rs. 23,93,000 would be spent on changing high-tension wires in Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar, Ward No. 72, as well as the installation of new cable lines in the area. People had demanded that these lines, which were dangling close to the residences and presented a significant risk to their safety and security, be removed, he said.

Similarly, ACRC wires in Ward No. 36, Bhargo Camp neighborhood will be replaced with new cables for Rs. 211000, followed by a project for Rs. 2755000 to relocate 11 K.V. lines of Basti Danishmanda and Basti Gujan through Joshan Avenue, he said. Mr. Thori claimed that Rs. 7,41,000 would be paid to remove 11 K.V. wires that were hanging over houses in Rasulpur village besides laying of three XLPE core cables.

The DC stated that this funding would meet the needs of residents in these areas while also providing a sense of security after the dangerous hot wires were relocated. He instructed Power Corporation staff to begin these projects as soon as possible so that the wires from houses could be relocated within the time allotted.