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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home
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Rs 229 crore SCADA system to ensure uninterrupted power supply in city

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WITH an aim to provide uninterrupted power supply to Nagpurians, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system will be set up in Nagpur that would automatically control the power supply to 13.90 lakh consumers of MSEDCL.

A Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Rs 229 crore has been proposed by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) to set up SCADA in Nagpur under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) of Rs 39,602 crore. A top official of MSEDCL Nagpur informed ‘The Hitavada’ that MSEDCL Nagpur was supplying power to its consumers through 16 sub-divisions and 476 feeders (power supply lines).

The SCADA is a computerised system that controls power supply to sub-stations and feeders. After interconnecting all sub-stations and feeders through the system, if power supply to one area trips due to any fault, the system would automatically connect power to the affected area from another functioning sub-station. The action would be done within a fraction of second, the official claimed.

The SCADA which is also known as Distribution Management System (DMS) will also show real-time consumption of power at various feeders and simplify monitoring for the MSEDCL officials. It will also have Global Positioning System (GPS) connectivity to identify location of the fault. The system will not only strengthen the power supply but also give much awaited relief of uninterrupted power supply to citizens especially during the scorching summer, the official claimed. Quick response vehicles will also be stationed at Sub-Divisions of MSEDCL under the system to immediately repair the fault of distribution lines, he added.

It may be mentioned here that to meet the increasing future power demand, the MSEDCL needs to strengthen the existing distribution infrastructure. As a result, Rs 14,266 crore will be spent on the distribution system under the RDSS. A whopping 377 new sub-stations will be set up at various places across the State. Additional transformers will be installed at 299 sub-stations. By increasing the capacity of 292 sub-stations, about 29,893 new distribution transformers will be installed in Maharashtra. Also 21,691 circuit km of high pressure overhead channel and 4,171 circuit km of high transmission underground channel will be laid in the State to provide 24x7 uninterrupted power supply.


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