POWER RESTORATION IN PARTS OF CITY MAY TAKE FEW MORE DAYS
Bengaluru: Heavy rains in parts of the city have caused destruction over the last few days in the state’s capital and reports of disruption of power supply have come from various parts of the city.
The city has witnessed heavy rain over the last 4-5 days causing severe inconveniences to the people of the city including disruption of power supply.
According to BESCOM however, the heavy rains have resulted in falling of over over 600 electricity poles and over 1100 trees across the city.
KR Puram, Yeshwanthpur, Whitefield, Kadugodi, HSR Layout, Koramangala, AECS Layout, Malleshwaram, Austin Town, KHB Colony, Basaveshwar Nagar, Jayanagar, JP Nagar have been hit badly by the rain and reports of power cut in these localities have come to the forth.
Reports further added that due to the COVID lockdown the laborers have returned to their natives and that has slowed down the repair and restoration work. It is estimated that the restoration of power in some of the places in the city might take a few more days.
