Chennai power outage: According to officials, the blackout lasted for three hours and power was restored by 2:00 am on September 13.
Tamil Nadu capital city will experience a scheduled power cut in several areas on August 28 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM for maintenance work.
The power corporations have announced an outage for Bengaluru City between 10 am to 4 pm today. Here is the entire list of areas to be affected.
In a post on X, Atishi said she is seeking an appointment with the Union Power Minister and the Chairman of PGCIL, to ensure such a situation is not repeated.
The town of Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh reached 52.2 degrees Celsius, close to Pakistan's all-time high of 54 degrees. People in Karachi and other cities have staged protests due to continuous power cuts, prompting the PM to address the situation.
Tata Power, in a late night statement, said the electricity supply was affected due to 33KV cable fault of BEST. The supply was restored through an alternate source from the Tata Power grid.
There will be scheduled power outages in several areas of Bengaluru on August 16 and 17. These areas of the city will experience power disruptions from 10 am to 4 pm.
Odisha Congress president Sarat Pattnayak appealed to people not to pay electricity bills till they get an uninterrupted power supply.
The President was at the University to attend the 12th convocation. Before the President, Governor Ganeshi Lal had addressed the audience. Murmu was addressing the convocation on the third and last day of her visit to Mayurbhanj in Odisha, her home district.
A Pakistani electricity department official said that multiple outages from different parts of the city were reported. The matter is being investigated.
The brides -- identified as Nikita, Karishma, and Komal - the three daughters of Ramesh Bheewere - were getting married on the same day at the same venue.
Many of the affected areas had started reporting restoration of power after about 70-80 minutes.
This is the first time since the bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh that the state has been forced to declare a power holiday.
The power outage occurred in Bhosari, Akurdi, and surrounding areas in Pimpri Chinchwad at 6 AM. The power supply resumed at around 2 PM.
People enjoying the day-offs at their residences in Central and south Mumbai, and also some in the western suburbs faced inconveniences, while the timing of the outage of services aggravated the woes for those who had advanced their travels due to the scheduled maintenance works on railway tracks on Sunday.
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, a state undertaking, distributes power in the island city and depends on producers like the Tata Power.
The massive power outage in parts of Chandigarh had impacted telecom towers and had disrupted mobile network connectivity in certain areas, mobile operators' association COAI on Wednesday said.
During the ongoing crisis, there have been incidents of telecom network outages in these areas, DIPA said and warned that if the crisis is not resolved immediately it "may impact the telecom network connectivity in a big way".
Residents claimed that three helpline numbers set up for registering the complaints have not been responding to the calls.
The technical fault took place in the 400 KV lines which provide high-pressure power supply to key substations in Chakan and Lonikand areas, according to the power utility.
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