Delhi rain fury: Power supply hit across city
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi rain fury: Power supply hit across city

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI : Several parts of Delhi experienced long power cuts on Friday due to technical faults and precautionary shutdowns implemented to prevent electrocution in waterlogged areas following heavy rainfall. “The power supply was cut around 3-4 am amid heavy rains and was restored hours later at 4 pm,” a Jangpura resident Pranav Mishra said. Many areas, including Nizamuddin, Jangpura, Sector 7 in Dwarka, parts of Pitampura, Rohini, Model Town, Mukherjee Nagar, Timarpur, parts of Hauz Khas, Green Park, Mayapuri, Sangam Vihar, Paharganj, Sadar Bazar, Ram Nagar, Bara Hindu Rao, Karawal Nagar, Sonia Vihar, Seelampur, Laxmi Nagar, and Trilok Puri, faced power outages of varying durations. To safeguard human lives and prevent electrocution, it became necessary to cut the electricity supply in some waterlogged and low-lying areas as a precautionary measure,” a spokesperson of BSES discoms BRPL and BYPL said.

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2 years, 6 months ago

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India Today  

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3 years, 1 month ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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