CAN A ‘TRANSFORMER’…TRANSFORM LIVES?

……..Well it just DID!! The transformer near The Banyan village in Kovalam, just managed to light up a few lives around it and it has been named The Banyan SS1( read: The Banyan Sub Station 1 )!!!
 
Few months ago when we had been to the Electricity Board office in Chengleput to request them to set up a transformer near the PC, as the electricity supply in PC and the nearby vicinity was just 70 VOLTS( very very low), The Superindentent Engineer looked at us very skeptically and asked us if we were sure of what we were saying.

The SE stated that there was no place in the entire nation that had electricity supply as low as 70 VOLTS. and he felt we were talking without knowing facts.

However the Assistant engineer from Kovalam explained on the existing situation of very low voltage in the area, and the SE swung his men into action.

From then on after repeated follow ups and reminders, today the transformer has come up in the PC site and now the voltage in the PC and the nearby vicinity is 240 VOLTS…!!

The residents of the PC had a pooja for the Transformer!! along with the EB guys who got it installed..

The lights in the PC are no longer dim and we never had a chance to run the generator, and most importantly, thanks to this effort of ours that the entire village around PC gets to glow a little brighter in the nights.
 
Just wanted to share with you on how an entire community has benefitted for a lifetime with the interest taken by The Banyan ( especially Ashok Sir)!!
 
 
Porkodi.PL

Sr. Co-ordinator, CMHP
(Community Mental Health Programme)