S. Devarajan, Electricity Ombudsman, has told Tamil Nadu Generation And Distribution Corporation Limited (Tangedco) to bear in mind the interest of the public and not to follow the procedures without practical consideration while erecting infrastructure for transformers.
His observation comes in a case were S.Sadasivam, CLRI Nagar, Neelankarai sought to shift the exiting transformer erected in front of his plot to some other place. In his petition, Mr. Sadasivam said because of the space taken up by the transformer, he is constrained to fully develop the house site like other residents in the area.
The transformer was erected 10 years before, public utility spaces were available on the 1st Main Road and some other parts of the CLRI Nagar Layout and too many street blind ends were also available if these were considered at the time of erection, the problem would have not emerged, he added.
