Officials of the electricity department in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh said the transformers had overheated due to the prevailing extreme heatwave in the state and would have malfunctioned if they were not cooled down in time.
Uttar Pradesh Heatwave: Amidst a searing heatwave which has paralysed regular life in Uttar Pradesh and several other parts of the country, power department officials in Moradabad district found a unique method of cooling down overheated transformers– they sprinkled the electricity transformers with water.
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“In order to ensure smooth functioning and avoid malfunction, the temperatures (of transformers) should not go beyond 60-70 degrees Celsius,” an official said, adding that in order to cool down the transformers and bring their temperatures down to around 50 degrees celsius, water was sprinkled on them.
“To ensure smooth power transmission, the electricity department has come up with this unique method to cool the transformer by bathing it in water,” the official added.
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North, Central India reels under extreme heatwave
Meanwhile, swathes of northern and central India continued to suffer due- to extreme heatwave conditions on Tuesday as temperatures crossed 50 degrees Celsius in Churu in Rajasthan and Sirsa in Haryana even as the national capital sizzled with the mercury settling nine notches above normal for the season.
At least three weather stations in Delhi recorded maximum temperatures of 49 degrees Celsius or more with Mungeshpur and Narela in Delhi clocking 49.9 degrees followed by Najafgarh, also in the national capital, at 49.8 degrees, the weather office said.
This was the highest maximum temperature recorded in the capital this season. However, the Mungeshpur and Narela weather stations came up in 2022 and has records only for the last three years.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said there was no immediate respite from the heatwave conditions at least for the next two days.
The weatherman said that a fresh western disturbance was expected over northwest parts India on Thursday which could bring isolated rainfall over the region on the weekend.
