RIGHT OF WAY / WAY LEAVE CLEARANCE

Width of maximum right of way permitted as per forest conservation act

‘1980 and its subsequent amendment dated 25 th October, 1992, are as per
Table 1. Researches are being carried out for further optimizing the Right
of Way.
Guidelines of forest environmental rules shall be followed to avoid
excessive tree cutting i.e. all the trees should be cut from root level in the
3 m corridor below each line conductor / earth wires. In the balance
corridor, trees branches are only to be lopped to attain the specified
clearance as per Table 1.
Table 1 - Guidelines for Right of Way as per forest conservations act 1980
and subsequent amendment dated 25th October, 1992
Line voltage 66 110 132 220 400 500 765
(kV) HVDC
Row width 18 22 27 35 52 52 85
(Meter)
Electrical clearance: Electrical clearance while power lines crossing each
other.
In case of power line crossings, minimum clearance between lowest
conductor of line and ground wire / top conductor of the other line shall
be as per Table 2.
Table 2 - Minimum clearance in mm between lines when crossing each
other.
Sr. Line voltage (kV) 66 132 220 400 500 765
No. HVDC
1 66 2440 3050 4580 5490 6790 7940
2 132 3050 3050 4580 5490 6790 7940
3 220 4580 4580 4580 5490 6790 7940
4 400 5490 5490 5490 5490 6790 7940
5 500 HVDC 6790 6790 6790 6790 6790 7940
6 765 7940 7940 7940 7940 7940 7940
Jumpers in the tension tower are properly bolted with the tension clamp
and form a parabolic shape in order to achieve adequate clearance from
the structure.
Ground clearance:
Normally, at the time of construction, adequate clearance is provided
between lowest conductor and ground, but due to delay in charging /
commissioning there are chances of dumping / heaping soil, earth and
concrete etc. or stacking bricks etc., that may cause reduction in ground
clearance. In such cases the stored materials shall be removed.
Temporary or permanent structures which do not fulfill the requirement of
rule no. 80 of IE rules should be removed prior to charging of transmission
line.
The various clearances are given in Table 3 are mandatory. However all
the clearance indicated as per approved drawings by Engineering / Design
department of the utility, are to be referred.
Ground clearance of lowest conductors at critical points shall be checked
at prevalent temperature in the field by any of the prevalent method and
the values of ground clearance at these critical points shall be recorded in
the prescribed format.
In case of hilly terrain and for building clearance, the side clearance from
conductors and jumpers at critical points shall also be checked and
recorded for all phases of conductor/ earth wire towards hill/ building
side.
Table 3 - Permissible minimum ground clearance for difference voltage
level.
Line voltage 66 110 132 220 400 500 765
(kV) HVDC
Minimum 5500 6100 6100 7000 8840 12500 15500
ground
clearance (mm)
Clearance for telephone line crossings
The minimum clearances between the conductors of the power line and
tale-communication lines are specified in Table 4
Table 4 - Minimum clearance between conductor of power line and
telecommunication line.
Line voltage 66 110 132 220 400 500 765
(kV) HVDC
Clearance 2440 2750 2750 3050 4480 6860 7900
(mm)
As per regulations for power lie crossings of railway tracks- 1987 and its
subsequent amendment dated 26th August, 1988, the minimum clearance
between railway track and the bottom most conductor or power line
crossing the railway track shall be as per Table 5
Table 5 - Clearance between conductor and ground wire at mid span
Line voltage / 66 132 220 400 500 765
clearance (kV) HVDC
Clearance Above 14100 14600 15400 17900 19300 23400
track (mm)
Over Crane (mm) 2000 2500 3500 6000 7250 11500
Clearance between conductor and ground wire at mid span
The vertical clearance between conductors and earth wire shall be checked
randomly say in anyone span of all sections and 10% sections of hilly
areas from single line diagram of the towers. These clearance are specified
in Table 6
 Table 6 Clearance between conductor and ground wire “at mid span” as
per clause no. 4.10.2 of CBIP Transmission Line Manual.
Line voltage (kV) 66 132 220 400 500 765
HVDC
Minimum mid span 3000 6100 8500 9000 8500 12400
Clearance (mm)
Minimum clearance above rivers/ lacks
In case of accessible frozen rivers/ lacks, the minimum clearance above
frozen rivers/ lacks should be equal to he minimum ground clearance
given in Table 3. The minimum clearance of power conductor over the
highest flood level in case of rivers shall be as given in Table 7
Table 7 - Min. clearance between lowest conductor and highest flood level
of river
Line voltage / 66 132 220 400 765 500
clearance (kV) HVDC
Minimum Clearance 3650 4300 5100 6400 13200 10650
above river or lack or
water stretches Non
navigable river (from
HFL) in mm
Minimum clearance 19000 19220 20100 21900 25900 21900
above navigable river
(from HFL) in mm