Parts of Bengaluru are without power today after the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company reported a feeder fault affecting several localities.
Kodichikanahalli is without power from 6:30 am to 10 am, while Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli are affected from 6 am to 10 am.
The disruption has been traced to the 66/11KV HSR MUSS F2 feeder, which tripped and needs restoration before supply can resume normally.
In addition to this fault-driven outage, BESCOM has scheduled separate maintenance cuts today in Konappana Agrahara and Electronic City, from 6 am to 10 am.
Another scheduled outage falls under the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction, covering Halehalli, Maragondanahalli, Kalkere Road, Byrathi Village, Kanakashree Layout and Atma Vidya Nagar.
Residents in the affected localities have been urged to charge essential devices ahead of time and adjust their schedules around the outage windows.
BESCOM has advised residents to follow its official notices for updates, noting that the HSR feeder fault is an unplanned issue rather than routine upkeep.
The HSR MUSS feeder in question forms part of the network serving the HSR Layout area and neighbouring localities, and faults on such feeders can affect multiple connected substations simultaneously, as has been the case with today’s disruption.
Electronic City, one of the areas affected by today’s separate scheduled maintenance, is home to a large concentration of IT and business parks, meaning outages there can have a wider impact on office operations than in purely residential localities.
BESCOM has previously said that scheduled maintenance outages, of the kind affecting Konappana Agrahara and the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction today, are aimed at upgrading ageing infrastructure and reducing the frequency of unplanned faults over the longer term.
Residents in Bengaluru have increasingly relied on the BESCOM Mithra mobile application and the utility’s official social media handles to track outage schedules and restoration updates in real time.
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