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Toroslar EDAŞ welcomes migratory birds with insulated lines

• Sustaining its efforts to protect all birds, particularly the migratory ones for years, Toroslar EDAŞ substantially decreased the number of bird mortality as well as related power failures due to electrocution in all 6 provinces that the company serves.

Toroslar Elektrik Dağıtım Anonim Şirketi (Toroslar EDAŞ) continues its efforts to prevent bird mortality due to electrocution which particularly increases during migration periods in Adana, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Mersin and Osmaniye where the Company provides service.

Welcoming millions of migratory birds every year in Hatay, Adana and Mersin where global bird migration routes intersect, Toroslar EDAŞ sustains its collaboration with the Doğa Derneği (Nature Association) in order to protect all birds that we share the skies with our overhead lines.

Thanks to the collaboration, the company completed the insulation works for 18,727 meters of conductors and 7,638 insulators that could lead to bird mortality due to electrocution, particularly over the migration routes.

Pioneering the sector with its “High Voltage Overhead Lines Insulation Project” which was initiated in 2017, Toroslar EDAŞ has minimized the risk of electrocution due to the power transmission lines where birds can land on and prevented related power failures in the region.

• Precautions reduce power failures as well

Toroslar EDAŞ has successfully reduced bird injuries due to electrocution and related power failures in 6 provinces by 88.62 percent since 2017.

Provinces with the highest failure improvement rate were Kilis with 98.36 percent, Gaziantep with 95.24 and Adana with 94.45 percent, followed by Hatay with 88.46 percent, Mersin with 88.21 percent and Osmaniye with 46.67 percent.

Continuing to keep the required insulating materials in its inventory for the migratory birds, Toroslar EDAŞ regularly carries out maintenance works and installation of these insulation materials on new lines to be installed.

About Toroslar EDAŞ

Toroslar EDAŞ, one of the three electricity distribution companies of Enerjisa Enerji, along with Başkent EDAŞ and Ayedaş, continues its operations to supply high-quality and uninterrupted electricity in Adana, Gaziantep, Kilis, Mersin, Osmaniye and Hatay. Başkent EDAŞ, one of the other electricity distribution companies of Enerjisa Enerji, serves in Ankara, Bartın, Çankırı, Karabük, Kastamonu, Kırıkkale and Zonguldak, while Ayedaş provides services at the Anatolian Side of Istanbul.