The season’s first fog disrupted the power supply in Ghaziabad. The poor visibility also created hardship to the motorists.
Ghaziabad residents faced hard times following the power cut in the morning on Wednesday. The power supply remained affected from 5.00 am to 9.00 am in posh Raj Nagar, Sanjay Nagar, Kavi Nagar and Govindpuram residential areas where the district administration, judicial and police officials reside.
The UP power corporation limited (UPPCl) Superintendent Engineer (Transmission) Yatendra Kumar told The Pioneer that the power supply was disrupted from Murad Nagar 132 KV power station to lal Kuan feeder due to which the power supply in posh residential areas, including trans Hindon areas of Indirapuram and Sahibabad remained suspended.
The UPPCl officials team continued to track the faults which could be located quite late at about 9.00 am. After repairing faults the power supply could be restored in the first half of the day.
The fog also disrupted the vehicular movement in the city too. Even the train movement remained affected in the morning hours.
The EMU from Meerut to Delhi ran an hour late and long distance trains were stopped due to fog in the morning hours told Deputy Superintendent of Police Randhir Singh of GRP.