New Delhi: Ahead of the Independence Day, Delhi Transco appealed people of the national capital to not to fly kites near high tension lines.

According to CMD, Delhi Transco, Shurbir Singh, “It has been observed in the past that during the monsoon season, specifically around Independence Day, a large number of people fly kites. It has also been noticed that many people use metal coated Manjha to make it stronger.”

“When this metal coated manjha comes in contact with live wires it causes tripping resulting in blackout of the area fed by the affected line and can cause serious injuries to the kite flyers or even may result in death of the person,” he said.

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“The extra high voltage transmission lines are the corridor to transmit bulk power feeding the larger areas. Whenever there is a tripping due to entangling of kites it takes considerable time to locate and remove the kite from the line therefore it may result in outage for a long time,” Singh stated.

“During the last few years many trippings running in few hundreds have occurred in Delhi Power System which includes both transmission and distribution due to kite flying on 15th August,” CMD, Delhi Transco, stated.

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“While flying kites the people should stay away from the electrical installations because their minor carelessness can lead to major power failure, blackout electrocution or even death” said Singh.

“Delhi Transco appeals to the public to fly kites in open spaces such as parks and playgrounds and should not use metal coated manjha for their safety and smooth transmission of power,” he added.