The Kolhapur unit of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) said that all the defected distribution transformers that were affected due to floods earlier this year have been fixed.

According to an official, there were as many as 7,602 transformers, of which, more than 2,000 were not fixed until the first week of November owing to the monsoon. However, they have now been repaired.

A press release from the MSEDCL stated that they faced severe challenges even during the post-flood scenario as rainfall continued to batter several parts of the city and the district. The muddy areas in farms posed a lot of natural obstacles, it said.

“Since the distribution transformers were not functional, the electricity supply to the farmers was cut off. We needed a dry period to get the work done. Now, almost all the distribution transformers are functioning normally,” said Vikas Puri, public relationship officer, MSEDCL.

He said that if still inadvertently any farmer’s electricity connection is yet to be restored, they can contact on 7875769103 and report the same. The complaint will be addressed on an urgent basis.

Earlier in August, floods caused a blackout for over 3.38 lakh electricity consumers across urban and rural areas of Kolhapur and Sangli districts. Supply to around 3.23 lakh consumers was resumed as floodwater receded by the end of August. However, for the remaining connections, especially agriculture pumps, continuous rainfall and muddy terrain near river banks proved to be a hindrance.

In many areas across the district, electricity poles were uprooted or washed away in the floods. The floods had caused an estimated loss of around Rs 49 crore and Rs 47 crore in Kolhapur and Sangli districts respectively. Over 7,000 transformers were affected due to the floods while 42 sub-stations had to be shut down.