11.06.21 Daily [Andhra Pradesh] APPSC Current Affairs

The reliability group of Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre, headquartered at Bangalore, has requested the Transmission Corporation ofAndhra Pradeshto share the details of its initiative of mappingpowernetwork based on ArcGIS (geographical information system). The innovative technology would be replicated for the entiresouthern grid, which connects five states and a Union Territory.

APTransco has introduced this comprehensive solution for displaying the total power Network of the state on the geographical system Software ArcGIS with the support of internal teams. Forecasting of weather and load scheduling, visualising areas which could be affected during natural calamities, real-time monitoring of line patrolling, etc., are the other advantages of the ArcGIS system.

APTransco has already deployed the day-ahead electricity forecasting model using and machine Learning with an objective to forecast next days electricity consumption (in Units), including day-ahead electricity demand (in MW) on every 15 minute basis.

Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan was launched in 112 Aspirational Districts by Piramal Foundation and .

The Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan was created to help district administrations provide Home-care support to Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

It is part of the Aspirational Districts Collaborative, a special initiative in which local leaders, civil Society, and volunteers collaborate with district administrations to address emerging problems across key focus areas of the Aspirational Districts Programme.

It will be led by district magistrates in collaboration with over 1000 local non-governmental organisations.