Power to be restored in the next 10 days in all areas
Posted on: 17/Dec/2016 12:07:39 PM
TNEB officials have mentioned that it will take atleast 10 days to restore power in Chennai and its suburbs.
Many towers through which power was transmitted from units in north Chennai collapsed in the cyclone that ravaged Chennai on Monday. a senior TANGEDCO official told: The winds uprooted electricity poles disrupting transmission of high tension electricity to substations. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is racing against time by bringing more than 3,000 additional workmen from various parts of the State to restore power to several electricity substations and streets. Particularly areas in south Chennai, which are served by overhead power lines, have been the worst-affected as more than 2,500 electricity poles have been fallen. Compounding the problem for TANGEDCO officials was trees falling on transformers in several areas within city limits. Our first priority was in restoring power supply to the substations and then to low-tension consumers.
