What's New

1. Provision  of Optical fibre based communication through OPGW for providing reliable communication to all Grid s/s with PSDF support. Under the project a total of 2289 ckt KM of OPGW will be laid covering 56 nos. of grid s/s.

   Schedule of completion of the project is July 2022.

2. Procurement , commissioning , AMC and integration with central SCADA of 78 RTUs against replacement of 51 nos. of old RTUs against replacement of 51 nos. of and 27 new  RTUs for new grid S/s. Remote Terminal unit(RTU) are the basic Telecommunication equipment used for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in Power System. Under this project, provision has been made for replacement of 51 nos. of Old RTUs as well as procurement of 27 nos. of new RTUs.

   Schedule of completion of the project is Jun 2022.

OTHER ACTIVITIES OF TELECOM WING

1. Most of the industries, IPPs, CGPs have been integrated with SLDC for real time data display under supervision of Telecom wing as per OGC Regulations,2006.
2. Dark fibres have been leased out to Powergrid, BSNL, LWTPL, Airtel, TATA communication, Railtel, GTPLKCBPL, WEFE, SITI, VIL. OPTCL is earning an revenue of Rs 3.5 Crores per annum presently. Many more OPGW lines are in pipeline for leasing out to Telecom Operators.
3. Wideband communication channels have been provided to IT wing of OPTCL at different Grid s/s in OPTCL for the reliable and secured IT enabled services like ERP, AMI and Video conferencing thereby saving revenue otherwise would been utilised towards leasing of communication channels from Telecom operators.
4. ONLINE SCADA data is extended to DOSCC of 4 DISCOMs for better grid management.
5. CUG is operational in OPTCL under supervision of Telecom Wing of OPTCL.

BharatNet Phase-II Project in Odisha:

• “ BharatNet ” is a Flagship Project of Govt. of India, funded by USOF for provisioning high speed Internet to all Block Head Quarters and Gram Panchayats(GP) in India under Digital India Mission.
• OPTCL is the State Implementing Agency(SIA) of Bharat Net Phase-II Project, Which covers all 30 districts of Odisha with 3072 GPs & BHQs. The scope of the project is to lay Overhead Optical Fibre(ADSS fibre) of 19795 KM using 33kv, 11kv & LT poles of respective DISCOMs.
• The cost of the Project is 444.49 Crore.
• Expected Project completion date: May 2022.