DDC starts replacing wooden electricity poles

PARBAT, Dec 11: Around 14,500 wooden electronic poles in Parbat district are on the verge of collapse and need to be replaced urgently. Although there have been no interruption in the supply of electricity, the sheer negligence of concerned authority has drastically increased the risk of accidents each passing day.

Keeping that in mind, District Development Committee (DDC) of Parbat has started replacing old wooden electronic poles with iron poles. “Wooden poles decay fast and do not last for more than a few years. Hence, we decided to replace them with iron poles,” informed Local Development Officer Shiva Prashad Rijal.

“It is not possible to replace all the 14,500 poles all at once. For now, we will replace the ones that are about to collapse. So far, we have already replaced 1,200 poles in Kushma Municipality and 47 VDCs,” he added. At present, there are 4,314 poles in the district.

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Huwas VDC of the district has the highest number of poles. Among the 818 poles in Huwas, 68 have been replaced till now.

According to Mitra Lal Basyal, chairman of Parbat chapter of National Association of Community Electricity Users, there is an urgent need to replace 7,200 electricity poles. “If those poles are not replaced on time, it may lead to the loss of lives and properties,” he warned.