This story is from May 20, 2021

Gujarat: Power supply restored in 5,500 villages

The state energy department has been working overtime to restore electricity to villages which faced blackouts due to cyclone Tauktae. An official statement said that until noon on Wednesday, electricity supply had been restored to 5,489 of the 9,685 villages that faced power outage.
Gujarat: Power supply restored in 5,500 villages
Teams are working round the clock to restore electricity in other villages of the districts
GANDHINAGAR: The state energy department has been working overtime to restore electricity to villages which faced blackouts due to cyclone Tauktae. An official statement said that until noon on Wednesday, electricity supply had been restored to 5,489 of the 9,685 villages that faced power outage.
Over 69,000 electricity poles had collapsed, and electric substations of 220-KV and 66-KV were damaged as the cyclone hurtled through several districts of Gujarat after making a landfall with wind speed of up to165 km per hour.
According to the state emergency operation centre (SEOC), villages closer to the coast in Bhavnagar, Amreli, and Gir Somanath districts bore the brunt of the cyclone’s fury and most electricity outages were experienced by villages in these three districts.
Teams are working round the clock to restore electricity in other villages of the districts, power connections have been restored in all villages of Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Kutch and Porbandar districts. Electricity outage was experienced in Bopal and Sanand for a few hours on Wednesday. The cyclone has also caused power outages in villages of Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Sabarkantha and other districts of north Gujarat and work is on to restore power.
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