A major technical snag hit the power supply in Chandigarh, resulting in a complete blackout in northern sectors of the city for more than five hours on Tuesday.
Already bearing the brunt of sweltering heat, the city residents in Sector 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22 among others faced power cut for more than five hours due to technical fault at 220 Kv substation at Nalagarh.
The power supply in government offices, hospitals, schools and residential areas remain affected in the afternoon. After the technical snag, the UT Electricity Department had to supply power to the hospitals from 220 KV sub-station at Mohali.
MP Singh, Superintending Engineer, UT Electricity wing said, “The power disruption was caused due to a technical snag at 220 KV grid sub station at Nalagarh. The power supply has been restored in most of the sectors by 5 pm.”
He said, “The Department is working to restore power supply in other areas.”
Notably, Chandigarh gets 220 MW of power from different sources — 47 per cent from Mohali (PSPCl), 5 per cent from Dhulkote (BBMB) and the remaining 48 per cent from Nalagarh.
Nearly 30 MW is channelled through Jammu and Kashmir as per a bilateral agreement. The remaining power is purchased by the Administration from the power exchange, depending on its daily requirement.
As per the UT Electricity Department, there is no gap in power supply and demand in Chandigarh and there is a power surplus situation at present. And, the power outages are the result of technical faults.