The existing power voltage has been increased after the commissioning of a 220 KV Sub Station at Mailatt.  Besides there are five 110 KV Sub Stations  Manjeshwaram, Kubannur, Kasaragod, Mulleria and Kanhangad.  The 110 KV Sub Station at Cheruvathur is started functioning.  The work of eight 33 KV Sub Stations are in progress.  The KPCL a private establishment at Mailatty is the only power generating unit in the district.

FISHERIES

Kasaragod district has an 80 kms. long sea coast extending from Thrikaripur to Bengra-Manjeshwaram.  There are many fish-landing centres in this district and some of them have fish-landing, cleaning and transporting facilities.  There is a light house at Kasaragod.  

Bengra-Manjeshwaram, Shiriya, Koipady, Kavugoly, Kasaba, Kizhur, Kottikulam, Pallikkara, Ajanur, Hosdurg Kadappuram, Thakadappuram, Punjavi Kadappuram, Padanna Kadappuram, Kadankod, Valiyaparamba and Thrikaripur Kadappuram are the fishing villages in the district. There are many ice plants in the public and private sectors.

HEALTH

In the field of health and sanitation, the district lacks modern facilities.  Patients requiring technologically advanced treatment are forced to go to Mangalapuram, Manipal or Kozhikode.