First-of-its-kind underground transformer inaugurated in Bengaluru’s Malleswaram Besides freeing up space on footpaths and making them safer for pedestrians, underground transformer system will safeguard equipment from storms and variations in ambient tem
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The next time you are walking on the 15th Cross Road in Malleswaram and stumble upon a concrete platform on the footpath, you might be walking above a fully functional electric transformer. Claimed to be the first-of-its-kind in India, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have installed a 500 KV underground distribution transformer, which was inaugurated on September 5. Standing on the 30 mm concrete structure built at ground level, it is difficult to guess that a high technology distribution transformer is busy at work underneath. The transformer is placed 10 feet below the ground.
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