Over 1,600 Electric Poles To Be Shifted For Bhopal Road Expansion
Major road widening projects across Bhopal have prompted extensive power infrastructure relocation, with more than 1,600 new steel monopoles set to replace older electricity poles in the first phase. The power distribution utility is shifting nearly 1,650 poles and around 45 kilometres of 33-KV and 11-KV transmission lines to facilitate expansion of key road corridors.
Work is being coordinated by the National Highways Authority of India, Public Works Department, Bhopal Development Authority, and Bhopal Municipal Corporation. Existing six to nine-metre poles are being replaced with modern steel monopoles ranging between 13 and 15 metres. In many locations, a single monopole will replace two conventional poles, reducing roadside obstruction. Officials noted that repeated road resurfacing over three decades has left many existing poles submerged by 1.5 to two metres below current road levels.
The largest phase will be carried out along the 22-kilometre Ratnagiri to Airport corridor, where 48 steel monopoles will be installed and 22 kilometres of 33-KV lines and 16 kilometres of 11-KV lines are relocated, targeted for completion within a year.
