Patna Goes Underground: A Leap Towards Modern & Reliable Power Supply

Patna is undergoing a significant transformation in its urban infrastructure with a massive ₹292 crore project to move all electricity cables underground. This ambitious initiative aims to bring a new era of clean, reliable, and safer power supply to the city, tackling long-standing issues of power theft, short circuits, and the visual clutter of overhead wires.

Key Objectives and Benefits of the Underground Cabling Project:

• Enhanced Reliability: By moving cables underground, they become less susceptible to damage from adverse weather conditions like storms, strong winds, and heavy rain, leading to fewer power outages and more consistent electricity supply.
• Reduced Power Theft: Underground cabling makes it significantly harder for unauthorized connections and power theft, ensuring that electricity reaches legitimate consumers efficiently and fairly.
• Improved Safety: Eliminating overhead wires drastically reduces the risk of electrical accidents, electrocutions, and fires caused by exposed or damaged lines, enhancing public safety across the city.
• Aesthetic Urban Landscape: The project will clear the cityscape of tangled overhead wires and poles, contributing to a cleaner, more organized, and visually appealing urban environment.
• Modern Infrastructure: This initiative brings Patna’s power distribution network up to modern standards, reflecting the city’s growth and its vision for a smart, sustainable future.
• Project Timeline: With work progressing rapidly, the project has a targeted completion date of 2027, promising a substantial upgrade to Patna’s power grid within the next few years.