QUALITY INITIATIVES

Area of Focus
Network Quality Management
and Reliability
Repair & Maintenance Focus
Process Performance

Responsibility
Field Engineers

Capex V/s Mtc Cost

Head of Division

Quality & Safety Focus

Head of Division

Quality & Safety

Department

Equipment Monitoring

Field Engineers/
Managers & Head
of Division

Circle Head / Quality &

Safety Department

Field Engineers
Head of Division

Monitoring & Control

Quality & Safety
Department
Preventive Mtc Deptt
Quality & Safety
Department
Circle Head

Key result
Reduction in Breakdowns
Reduction in Breakdowns
Conformance to Safety &
Quality Requirements
Reduction in maintenance
cost
Good health of the
infrastructure & Safe
working conditions
Healthy infrastructure &
bare minimum breakdowns

QUALITY TAT
Example Cable laying TAT
Implementation of Quality & Safety Plan for 19 divisions & EHV
Monitoring of maintenance of Equipments
Identification of worn out equipment
Cable failures dynamics
Cables loaded nearer to rated capacities,
ageing
joint
Overloaded cables
Inputs for cable mtc
1. GIS may play important role in identifying such cables and planning their replacement
/improvement schemes.
2. SCADA provides input for loadings of HT cables. In LT system, overloaded cables are
identified based on
Analysis of repeated fuse blown or repeated cable fault cases,
Equipment health monitoring
Combining information from Single line diagram, consumer tagging and consumer
Consumptions

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

Handling of Cable
drums

Trenching

Bending Radius
of Cables

Clearances

Spacing

Cable Laying

REFERENCE/
VALUE

Responsibility
Of Execution

Ramp used for unloading Or

Direct throwing of Cable
Drum
Any Damage to Cable

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Capping of Ends of the Cable

Yes /No

Execution Staff

RCP obtained

Yes /No

Execution Staff

LT/HT/EHV Cable Trenches

Size
No of Ckts
A) Single Core Cables
Upto 11KV grade
Above 11KV grade
B) Multi Core Cables
Upto 1.1KV grade
Above 1.1KV grade

As per annexure

Execution Staff

Nos

12XD
15xD

Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff

To maintain the spacing,

suitable non-metallic formers
placed uniformly with spacing
not exceeding 5 meters.
Every bend shall have at
least one spacer.
Power cable to power cable

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Power Cable to control

cables
Power cable to
communication cable
Power cable to gas/water
main
Cable laid in HDPE Pipe
through trenchless
(100 / 200 mm or suitable
size)
HDPE Pipe Location
Cable laid in Open trench
manually
Open trench Location
Cable is laid as per
predetermined route?
75 mm of the sand bed
placed at the bottom of cable
trench.
75 mm above the top of the
cables all throughout the
route
1.1KV Cables - Single layer
of brick thickness not less
than 75 mm Brick. Length of
brick shall be perpendicular
to route of cable
11KV Cables-sand stone of
thickness not less than 75mm
33KV Cables protected by
reinforced concrete cover of
width 300 mm

15xD
20xD

Timeline for
QA
Inspection

Execution Incharge
Immediate after
receiving cable
from store

When digging
starts

When laying
starts

At the time of
laying (Stage
Inspection)

Equal to
diameter of
higher sized
cable
200 MM

Execution Staff

300 MM

Execution Staff

300 MM

Execution Staff

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Responsibilit
y of QA
Inspection

Execution Incharge
Execution Incharge
Execution Incharge
QA Deptt
QA Deptt

QA Deptt

QA & safety

QA & safety

Execution Staff
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety

From
To
Qty .

Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff

QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety

From
To
Yes /No

Execution Staff
Execution Staff
Execution Staff

Yes /No

Execution Staff

QA & safety

Yes /No

Execution Staff

QA & safety

Yes /No

Execution Staff

QA & safety

Yes /No

Execution Staff

QA & safety

Yes /No

Execution Staff

QA & safety

At the time of
laying (Stage
Inspection)

QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety

PARAMETER

Back filling

Jointing

DESCRIPTION

66KV Cables protected by

reinforced concrete cover
with thickness not less than
50mm
Back fill to be filled up to
75mm and the warning tape
shall be installed
continuously. The tape
yellow in colour with Black /
Red lettering of minimum
20mm height with written
warning
The trench filled-up by soft
soil (300mm) and Excavated
soil. Rock and lumps of soil

REFERENCE/
VALUE

Responsibility
Of Execution

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Yes /No

Execution Staff

After Cable
laying

QA & safety

Yes /No

Execution Staff

After Cable
laying

QA & safety

Execution Staff

After Cable
laying
After Cable
laying
After Cable
laying
After Cable
laying

QA & safety

After Cable
laying
After Cable
laying
After Cable
laying
During Cable
laying
During Cable
laying
After Cable
laying
During Cable
laying
During Cable
laying
During Cable
laying
During Cable
laying

QA & safety

were not used. Soil was

rammed in layers by
sprinkling water for proper
consolidation as per site
condition
Nos of St. Th. Joint boxes

Nos

Locations of Joints
Earthing

Gland Earthing done

Value of Earth results
checked

Testing

Crossings

Execution Staff
Yes /No

Execution Staff

Testing During work

Ohm
Yes /No

Execution Staff

before jointing

Yes /No

Execution Staff

after completion of work

Yes /No

Nos of crossing

Nos

Locations of Crossing
Misc

Execution Staff

Execution Staff
Execution Staff

Surplus Mulba removed

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Cable Route Markers placed

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Earthing done at both ends

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Cable supports / Clamps

provided at terminations
Road restoration done

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Cable Energised

Yes /No

Execution Staff

Timeline for
QA
Inspection

Responsibilit
y of QA
Inspection
QA & safety

QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety

QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety
QA & safety

REFERENCE TABLE FOR TRENCH SIZES FOR CABLE LAYING

SNo

Cable Size

a)

1.1 KV LT Cables

3.5Cx150 mm2 - Single Circuit

Trench Size
Width (MM)
Depth (MM)
400

875

3.5Cx150 mm2 - Double Circuit

3.5Cx150 mm2 - Triple Circuit

3.5Cx300 mm2 - Single Circuit

3.5Cx300 mm2 - Double Circuit

3.5Cx300 mm2 - Triple Circuit

b)

11 KV Cables

1
2

3Cx150 / 300 mm2 - Single Circuit

3Cx150 / 300 mm2 -Double Circuit

c)

33 KV Cables

1
2

400
600

1055
1055

3Cx400 mm2 - Single Circuit

3Cx400 mm2 - Double Circuit

400
650

1235
1235

3Cx400 mm2 - Quadruple Circuit

650

1235

3Cx400 mm2 - Quadruple Circuit

650

1545

3Cx400 mm2 - Quadruple Circuit

1200

1235

d)

66 KV Cables

1
2

1Cx630/1000 mm2 - Single Circuit

1Cx630/1000 mm2 - Double circuit

650
1200

1445
1445