Nilgiris, Tirupur, Coimbatore to face power cut

COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) would suspend power supply for about three hours a day till June 28 in parts of Coimbatore, Tirupur and Nilgiris districts for carrying out mass maintenance work.
A senior Tangedco official said the maintenance works were not taken up in the region for about six months because of various reasons. “To prevent any untoward incidents, we have decided to carry out repair and maintenance of all the feeder lines that transmit power from the generation station/substation to the distribution points.”
According to sources, the maintenance work was suspended to provide uninterrupted power supply to the hospitals during the second wave of Covid-19.“Now that the cases have started to drop significantly, officials have started the maintenance work,” one of the sources said.
Pointing out that there were 1,035 feeders spread across the three districts, the official said they would carry out the maintenance work at 90% of the feeders in 10 days. As a result, power would be suspended only for about three hours a day in areas where the feeder is under maintenance. He said they were sending messages to the registered mobile numbers of the residents regarding the power cut. The maintenance works had commenced in the region on June 19.