Life at LLU: Live line footpath

It has been a long time since I updated my blog as there were many things to do and had too little time. Anyway I am back with some hot issues about Live Line Unit and it will be a pleasure to share it with you guys.

Before that, I would like to make a short briefing and highlight some important information that everyone should know. I believe this would an eye opener for whomever reads this blog.

Live Line Unit was formed in 1998 in conjunctions with the training attended by our Tenaga Nasional staff in Canada. This objective to form this unit is to sustain the 500kV power supplied to the country, nonstop. As we all already know, if there is any maintenance work needs to be done, the power supply has to be switched OFF. It may cause power interruption to the country, therefore Live Line Unit has embarked on this new effort which is doing maintenance work without having to switch OFF the power supply. In other words, " the work goes on, so does the power ".

At the initial stage, Live Line Unit was on progress only with two teams. One based in Ipoh and the other in Kuala Lumpur. Due to the success and efficiency achieved by Live Line Unit , another team was formed in 2002 and later one more in 2006. Currently, Live Line Unit is built with 4 teams, with all the staff known as competent workers. With all the experiences and working skill they posses, its not a big issue for them to deal with the hazard of electricity.

Now, Live Line Unit is spreading its wings to certain region to provide better and spontaneous service to all over the country. I am highlighting about Live Line Unit because not many out there know and aware of the existence of this unique unit. They are one of the reasons, our country astonishes everyone full of brightness and colourful.

Here are some attachments I would like to share with everyone during our work in Bukit Kepong, Segamat. The objective for us to be based there, was to replace the wooden cross arm on 132kV transmission line connecting from Chaah to Segamat. Bukit Kepong has its tragic history which I believe everyone knows in contribution of the film ' Peristiwa Bukit Kepong '.

It was a golden opportunity for us to visit the location of the tragic moment where our warriors sacrificed their lives reluctantly in the battle against the communist. The place was still eerie when we entered the Bukit Kepong police station. It was interesting and relaxing after a long day completing our job. Macam release tension la tu....