Nepal Electricity Authority Starts Live Line Maintenance

Kathmandu. Nepal Electricity Authority has started the work of maintenance on the live line. The authority has started such work from the Lumbini Provincial Office.

The authority has informed that this has been started from the Lumbini Provincial Office in the presence of Nepal Electricity Authority Executive Director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha.

Lumbini Provincial Office Chief Manoj Kumar Yadav said that new technology has been used to provide quality and uninterrupted electricity to consumers without interruption. He said that for the first time in Nepal, maintenance work has been started today using state-of-the-art maintenance equipment on the live electricity line.

He said, 'With the objective of making the electricity supply more reliable and quality, we have started this as a model work with the objective of continuing the work of maintenance on the live line in the coming days.'

Distribution and Customer Service Directorate Deputy Executive Director Navraj Ojha informed that the work was started by maintaining the 11 KV line located in Kalikanagar, Ward No. 11 of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City as a model work.

Trained employees performed maintenance work on the live line using state-of-the-art maintenance equipment. Acting Executive Director Shrestha informed that this work, which has been started as a model for now, will be used in regular maintenance work, especially in urban areas, based on its effectiveness and need.

The authority expects that if line maintenance can be done using state-of-the-art maintenance equipment in the future, the mandatory line cuts required for maintenance will be reduced, and consumers will receive regular and more reliable electricity service.