Several colonies in the capital city witnessed power outage due to the maintenance works carried out by the State power department on Monday. Apart from the announced load shedding and maintenance schedule issued by the State power department, couple of colonies also faced the brunt of power cut following emergency rostering done by the department for removing technical snags at the lines.
As per the roster issued by the State power department for carrying the maintenance works in the southern sector, Engineering Enclave, Keshav Vihar, Bhagirathi Puram, Vyomprasth, Kanwali, GMS road, Dutta Enclave, Priyadarshani, Sailok, Maya Enclave, Himlok Colony, Garhwali Colony and adjoining areas’ residents witnessed the power cut for nearly seven hours on Monday.
However, department officials claimed that the power supply was resumed to most of the areas except few localities where testing of lines continued till late in the evening. Additionally, several other areas including, Rajpur road, Old Dalanwala, Shastri Nagar, Dharmapur, Rajender Nagar, East Patel Nagar, and adjoining places power cut for nearly one to two hours, today morning after the department stopped the transmission following detection of the fault at the lines. It is to be noted that the residents who receive supply from Engineering Enclave feeder will again face the power outage on Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 am to 5 pm.
Department sources from the UPCl who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that tightening of lose connections and tripping of the main lines due to the excessive load on the transformers is among the top reasons for the power outage in the region.
He claimed that maintenance of lines is to be done for ensuring the round the clock power supply besides, it also help the department for overcoming the problem of low voltage in city.