New CESC power station in Behala generates good response

Kolkata: CESC announced on Monday that its new Command Station located at Behala Chowrasta has already generated good response and has reduced the movement time of company's engineers to the affected site and restore power supply.

CESC till recently was serving its nearly 3.3 million customers through three Command Stations, located at BBD Bag, BT Road and Jadavpur, from where a day-and-night watch is kept on power supply and in case of any disruption, the restoration engineers rush to the affected site.

The recent Majerhat Bridge incident was a cause for concern and it was decided to open the 4th Command Station somewhere in Barisha to quicken mobility of CESC restoration teams. It was decided to divide the Jadavpur Command Station and locate a new unit at Behala to ensure quicker response and minimum movement time to the affected site in case of a disruption.

The new Command Station set up at 1/2 Biren Roy Road (West) Kolkata 700008 near Behala Chowrasta keeps a 24x7 watch on South West region of CESC area comprising Behala, Barisha, Thakurpukur, New Alipore, Metiaburuz, Garden Reach, Akra, Maheshtala and Budge Budge.

This is one of the fastest growing power consumption areas in the CESC licensed area. The number of consumers in this area already exceeds 6.5 lakh and more power connections are expected. The Barisha Command Station operating since 14th September was visited by the CESC Managing Director (Distribution) Debasish Banerjee.