Bengaluru reels under power cuts
Bengaluru: Several parts of Bengaluru city and rural face power cuts on Thursday due to maintenance works carried out by Bescom along with KPTCL’s load restrictions due to constraints of transmission line and power transformers in the Bengaluru Metropolitan Area Zone (BMAZ).
Due to BESCOM’s maintenance works, power cuts were witnessed for two to three hours between 10 am and 5 pm in Shamanna garden, Salappa Badavane and surrounding areas, N.R Road, Sayath Street and surrounding areas, Adhiparashakthi TC, Geetha Complex and surrounding areas, Ramagondanahalli bus stop TC, Kateramma Temple TC, Hagaduru Mukesh TC, Ramgoundanahalli Govt School TC, Jevanahalli bus stop,Thyagaraja nagara, Smashana TC, Sirdi Sainagar, BDS Nagar, B.S Palya, G.N.R Garden, Pollotine school area, Hegde Nagar and surrounding areas, Vinayakanagar, MES Colonym, Victoria Layout, Austin Town and surrounding areas, Children Park TC, Koramangala 3rd Blockm, Jakkasandra and surrounding areas, Koramangala 1st Block, Chinnapanahalli, Munnekolal, Navajeevana Nilaya, Munnekolala-2 16th Main, 4 T Block, Jayanagara, 5th Block and Bada Makan Behind Alameen College, JHBCS Layout, Thurahalli, Amrutha Nagara, Padmapriya Oil Mill, Shanthinagar, and C.K.C. Garden in Bengaluru city. In Anekal power cuts were witnessed in Samanadoor and Karpoor Panchayathi areas.
In the Indiranagar division falling under Bengaluru East, load sheddings were witnessed at Whitefield, Varthur, Kundallahalli, and surrounding areas. Even in Bengaluru west, load sheddings were witnessed at Rajajinagar, Nagarbhavi, RPC Layout, Vijayanagar, Hosahalli, Cholurpalya, Manjunatha Nagar, Gubbanna estate, Marenahalli, NGO quarters, Magadi road police quarters, Chandra Layout, Nagarbhavi Village, NGEF Layout, Teachers Colony, ISEC, National Law School and surrounding areas.
Power cuts were witnessed in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru west in Forest Layout, Srinagar, Hanumanthanagar, Pipeline area, Bapujinagar, Girinagar, and Maruthinagar. In the south, BESCOM did its load sheddings between one hour to two hours in Bellandur, Marathhalli, Bellandur Gate, Choulkere, Adarsha Apartment, Divyashree Ellen Apartment and Kariyammana Agrahaara.
Even Wipro, RMZ and Ecospace had power cuts ranging from one to two hours.
In rural, Attibele, Attibele Circle, Indlabele, Ananthanagara phase-1, Kammasandra, Meenakshi layout, Hulimangala Panchayathi and Bandenallasandra village were the places were there were load sheddings.