Power
The Electricity Department of Government of Puducherry
is a deemed licensee under Section 14 of Electricity Act, 2003 and is carrying on
the business of Transmission, Distribution and retail supply of Electricity in Puducherry,
Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe Regions of the Union Territory of Puducherry. With all
the Towns and villages electrified in as early as 1972, the Union Territory is 100%
fully electrified. The business of generation of Electricity in the Union Territory
of Puducherry is being carried out by the Puducherry Power Corporation Limited,
an undertaking wholly owned by the Government of Puducherry.
Puducherry:
Puducherry has access to relatively cheaper power
from the central sector power stations of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC),
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), and Madras Atomic Power
Project (MAPP); the smallness of the Union Territory avoids the need for an extensive
network of Transmission and Distribution (T&D) lines and hence minimizes the
technical line losses; the ED has a higher percentage of High Tension (HT) consumption
and a smaller share of agricultural consumption. There are two mother Auto SubStation Auto Power Transformers (230 /110 KV) at Villianur and Bahour to receive
the electricity and later the power is distributed by several substation(110/22-11 KV)
throughout Pondicherry
Karaikal:
The Electricity Department functioning under the
supervision of Executive Engineer is catering the power needs of Karaikal region
both industrial and domestic needs of the people. The power is being drawn from
Tiruvarur grid of Tamilnadu.
A separate Gas Power Plant has been set up at T.R.Pattinam with a capacity of 32.5 MW in the name of Pondicherry
Power Corporation Limited. More over a Sub-station is also functioning at Pillaitheruvasal with a capacity of 110/122MW.
Mahe:
Electricity Department, Mahe is the licensee for
the transmission and distribution of Electric power to the various consumers in
Mahe area. Mahe region is having one No. of 110/11KV Substation which commissioned
by October, 1989 with 2 Nos. of 10 MVA capacity power transformer and power is supplied
to the entire area through 11 KV H.T. feeders from this Substation. The power is
obtained from the central pool allocation for U.T. of Puducherry.
Yanam:
The region first received the benefit of electricity
in 1956. Since then, the supply and distribution of electricity in the region was
looked after by the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board Which had an office in
Yanam to attend to the works. The distribution of power was taken over by this Administration
with effect from 7 June 1976. Yanam has no Inter-State Sub-station or transmission
line on its territory.
Transport
Roads
The Union Territory of Puducherry has a road network
of 2860 kms. Of which 65 kms are National Highways, 85 kms are State Highways, 39
kms are Major Roads, 288 kms are other district roads, 254 kms are rural roads.
The road network within the custody of local bodies is 2150 kms. The Union Territory
of Puducherry has a Rail network of 22 kms. belonging to Southern Railways. The
Puducherry, Karaikal and Mahe regions are served by the Southern Railways. The Yanam
region has no direct rail connectively, though it can be accesses from Kakinada
served by South Eastern Railways. The Puducherry region is served by NH45A and NH66.
The Karaikal is served region by NH45A. The Mahe region is served by NH17 and the
Yanam region served by NH21A.
Railways
The Puducherry railway line is one of the oldest
rail links in India and it was constructed in the year 1879 by the Puducherry Railway
Company during the period of French and British rule in India. Under the supervision
of South Indian Railway with the object of connecting the town and the port of Puducherry
with South India and to develop the resources of the Puducherry Territory, the rail
link between Puducherry and Villupuram has been established.
Puducherry:
Puducherry railway station (station code: PDY)
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway
division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminus of the Villupuram–Pondicherry branch line serving the city of Pondicherry,
headquarter of Puducherry Union territory.
Karaikal:
Karaikal railway station (station code: KIK) is
an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway
division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminus, situated in the Union
Territory of Puducherry, India. The railway station is located in the
town of Karaikal
on Railway station road off the East Coast Road
(ECR) and the Karaikal Bypass Road. Karaikal Port
is located 11 kilometres from Karaikal railway station. Trains are frequently operated
to Chennai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Velankanni, Ernakulam, Bangalore.
Mahe:
Mahe railway station (station code: MAHE) is an
NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway
zone. It is a railway station geographically located in Azhiyur,
Kozhikode district, serves the Mahe district, Puducherry. Trains are available from
Puducherry, Chennai, Trivandrum, Mangalore and Bangalore sections.
Yanam:
There is no railway line in Yanam region. The nearest
railway station is at Kakinada railway station which is 26 kms away on the East.
Airport
Pondicherry:
Pondicherry Airport is
a domestic airport which is located at Lawspet
near to Puducherry Town. In October 2016, the Pondicherry government signed
a Tripartite MoU with the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and AAI in New Delhi
to operationalise the airport under the Regional Connectivity Scheme. Subsequently,
SpiceJet was awarded the Hyderabad-Pondicherry route under the scheme in March 2017
and the airline commenced operations from 16 August 2017. SpiceJet later resumed
its flight to Bangalore from Pondicherry in February 2018.
Karaikal:
There is no Airport
in Karaikal. The nearest Airport is Tiruchirappalli International Airport which
is 168 Kms away from Karaikal.
Mahe:
There is no Airport
in Mahe. The nearest Airport is Kannur International Airport which is 35 Kms away
from Mahe.
Yanam:
There is no Airport
in Yanam. The nearest Airport is Rajahmundry Domestic Airport is the only nearest
airport for Yanam.
Port
Puducherry:
The Puducherry Port is
a minor port situated on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal about 160 Km south of Chennai and
Comprises of an Old and New port and primarily used for coastal shipping. The
functions of these ports is governed by Indian port act 1908 and is under all
overall jurisdiction and control of Government of Puducherry. The cargo handled
by the port comprises of rice, wheat, molasses, cement, sugar, palmolein, timber etc. With the existing port facilities,
only lighterage operations could be done.
Karaikal:
Karaikal Port is an
all-weather deep water port developed in an area of 611 acres and commissioned
in April 2009. Karaikal Port is located near the town of Karaikal in the union
territory of Puducherry, India. Since commencement of operations, the port has
handled diverse cargo such as Coal, Iron-Ore, Limestone, Clinker, Sugar, Sand,
Cement, Fertilizers, Project Cargo, Agro Commodities, Liquid Cargo and
Containers. It is the only port located centrally between Chennai and Tuticorin
at a distance of 300 KM on either side. The port is capable of handling Dry
Bulk, General Cargo (Break Bulk) and Liquid Cargo with overall cargo handling
capacity of 21.5 MTPA.