HT/LT Cable Route GPR Survey in Pune

Rates and page checked: 23 October 2026

What does an electric cable route GPR survey in Pune check?

A new distribution cable needs a strip of ground with enough room, at a workable depth, all the way from source to load. An electric cable route GPR survey in Pune tests that strip before the trench or bore is committed. Our crew works along the proposed alignment and records:

• existing HT and LT cables, including ones missing from the network owner's plans;
• water mains, sewers and storm drains the new cable has to cross or run beside;
• telecom ducts and older copper cables near the road edge;
• joint pits, chambers and earthing runs close to the route;
• stretches where rock seems to lie near the surface, which affects the choice between trench and HDD.

Findings are marked on the ground and listed in a signed report. The general method is set out on our HT/LT cable route GPR survey service page; this page covers what changes when the route is in Pune.

Why are power cable routes in Pune hard to plan?

Three features of the city decide how much a power cable mapping company in Pune has to look for:

1. Shallow basalt. In many parts of Pune, rock sits not far below the road. A cable designed for an ordinary trench depth may meet rock partway along, and boring through it needs other tools and more time. Knowing where the rock surface rises lets the designer adjust depth or method before the contract is let.
2. Crowded road shoulders. MSEDCL distribution cables, PMC water and drainage lines and several operators' fibre ducts often share one shoulder. A new HT cable has to find its own lane among them while keeping clearance from each.
3. Metro corridors. Along Pune Metro routes, existing services have been shifted and ground near viaduct foundations is restricted. A cable that crosses or runs beside these corridors needs the metro's access approval and a careful scan.

Mezux Touch is not affiliated with MSEDCL, Pune Municipal Corporation or Pune Metro. We act for the contractor or consultant who orders the survey.

How is underground electrical line tracing in Pune done on a live network?

Most cables near a new route are energised, and the survey works around that without any shutdown. Underground electrical line tracing in Pune combines two methods:

• Electromagnetic locating picks up the field around a loaded cable (passive mode), or a signal we apply to an accessible conductor (active mode), and follows its line along the road.
• GPR sees cables, pipes and ducts whether or not they carry current, which covers plastic water pipes and empty ducts that EM cannot pick up.

Where the two methods agree, confidence is high; where only radar shows a target, the report says so plainly. EM readings also help tell a power cable from a pipe of similar size. Our article on how GPR traces HT/LT cables explains the signals in more detail.

Which crossings on a Pune HT route get a closer scan?

Straight runs along a road edge are covered by continuous radar lines. Crossings get extra passes, because services converge there and because many of them will be bored rather than trenched:

• junctions on arterial roads, where cables and pipes arrive from several directions;
• nalas and storm-water culverts that the cable must pass under or over;
• railway and metro crossings, scanned only on land the project owner has permission to enter;
• entries into substations and ring main unit locations, where earlier cables bunch together.

Where a crossing is to be bored, radar covers the drill line as well as the launch and reception pits. The HDD route survey page describes how the drilling team uses that information.

What does an HT/LT cable route survey in Pune cost?

The price follows route length. Standard survey is ₹24 per metre; when the work order needs a depth profile of detected services, the L-section survey is ₹32 per metre. Because Pune is outside Delhi NCR, the shortest billable length is 4 km and the smallest project bill is ₹1,00,000. GST is charged on top.

• 6 km LT feeder route, standard: ₹1,44,000.
• The same 6 km with an L-section: ₹1,92,000.
• 3 km HT link: billed as 4 km (₹96,000), so the ₹1,00,000 floor applies.
• 110 km cabling programme across the city, standard: 25% off every metre, ₹19,80,000.

Discounts rise to 40% past 500 km and 50% past 1,000 km, always on the whole order. Mobilisation from Faridabad, night shifts, traffic control or permits and any CAD/GIS drawing set are priced on separate lines. Every slab is on the GPR survey price list.

What else can be added to a Pune cable route order?

• L-section – ₹32 per metre for a depth profile along the route; our note on L-section versus standard survey helps you choose.
• Cable fault locating – a separate task from route survey, quoted on its own.
• Trial pits or boreholes – on request, to confirm a depth or rock level at key points.
• CAD or GIS drawing sets – priced separately when the client wants them.

For water, sewer and other non-electrical work in the city, start from our GPR survey in Pune page.