Parade Grounds: L&T Metro ops in Phase-II corridor reach crucial stage

Parade Grounds: The L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) conducted the statutory inspection of Overhead Electric Traction System (OETS) between JBS-Parade Grounds to MGBS in Corridor-II here on Thursday.

DVS Raju, Chief Electrical Inspector (CEIG), said, "Energisation of the OETS in this section will facilitate movement of trains for trial runs from JBS-Parade Grounds to MGBS. L&T Metro Rail is moving ahead to complete all statutory requirements in this corridor at the earliest to make the system ready for commissioning."

KVB Reddy, MD & CEO, L&TMRHL stated, "This is one more step closer to start commercial operations of Corridor II from JBS-Parade Grounds to MGBS. We are thankful to DVS Raju for inspecting Corridor-II. This will also enable us to test other systems of the metro rail and thereby start trial run as per our commitment to complete all statutory requirements."

The Overhead Electric Traction System (OETS) of the 10-km corridor is fed from the 132kV/33kV/25kV Receiving Substation (RSS) of the Hyderabad Metro Rail at MGBS. Incoming supply to this RSS is drawn from 220kV/132kV main substation of TS TRANSCO located at Imliban. 33 kV/415V Auxiliary power supply substations in Metro stations of this section have already been commissioned.