Parts of Andhra Pradesh, East and West Godavari districts in India falling under the limits of AP Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) suffered a power outage on Thursday.
Due to power failure in over 36 substation areas, many rural pockets suffered an outage that lasted for three to five hours. The electricity supply was restored in some areas after evening, the exact reason for the disruption could not be known immediately, according to a report in The New Indian Express.
The discom’s mandal (group) wise feeder interruption report, which gives real-time data of the power outage, showed some mandals in Srikakulam district remained power-less for nearly 15 hours. East Godavari saw disruption in the supply since the morning, the report said.
The details of the outage were also given on APEPDCL’s official website.
“Power supply was restored only after 9 pm and there was no proper response from the department officials on the reason for the outage,’’ K Subramanyam, a resident of Sarpavaram near Kakinada, said (Sarpavaram is a commercial area of Kakinada City in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh State). An assistant engineer in Kakinada city circle said there was no problem at the sub-station level and interruption in the supply was from the headquarters itself.
The report further added that in Vizianagaram, the power outage started at 12 noon in rural and agency areas and from 5 pm in the urban and semi-urban areas. The supply was restored across the district only after 9 pm. AP Transco officials claimed that emergency load relief was the reason behind the outage.
In Visakhapatnam, there was a power outage in areas under K Kotapadu, VUDA Haritha, Padmanabham, Rolugunta and Darakonda sub-station areas in K Kotapadu, Padmanabham, Anakapalle, Rolugunta, Chintapalli, and GK Veedhi mandals and some GVMC areas.
AP Transco senior officials said there was no problem in production or dispatch of power through the grid. Metro cities are facing the brunt of power outages.
In the year 2020 Mumbai had faced a huge power outage for several hours. “The electric supply is interrupted due to TATAs incoming electric supply failure. Inconveniences is regretted,” said The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) which is responsible for supplying power to the city. Power was restored in some areas after more than nine hours of outage.
