Photo: TRN Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kul Man Ghising in pole installation site in Butwal.

The work on installing monopoles for the transmission line on the road section from Yogikuti Chowk to Horizon Chowk in Kalikapath in Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-11 is in full swing.

The tower (with four legs) of the 132 kV double circuit transmission line from Butwal to Motipur is being replaced with a single-legged monopole along the Yogikuti-Horizon Chowk road section, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

The foundation for the monopole, which will replace four towers standing along the approximately one-kilometre stretch of the road, is currently under construction.

The foundation work will be completed within 15 days, said the NEA.

The monopoles have been supplied to the construction site. The two monopoles of 30 metres each and two monopoles of 32 metres each will be installed along the road section.

The installation of the monopole will require a 15-day shutdown of the electricity supply in the existing transmission line.

The old tower in that section will be removed. In addition, new wires (conductors) will also be used.

Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Kul Man Ghising urged the constructors to install the monopole before the onset of summer.

As the demand for electricity in the Butwal area will increase after the onset of summer, it will be difficult to shut down the transmission line, he instructed the Butwal Grid Division to complete the work before that.

The monopoles are being installed on the Yogikuti-Horizon Chowk road section to prevent accidents caused by large vehicles potentially coming into contact with the transmission line due to minimal clearance between the road and the wire.

Currently, the distance between the road and the line is less than six metres. After the installation of the monopole, the distance between the road and the line will be about nine metres, according to the NEA.