Power restored in almost all areas in capital: BSES

Power has been restored in almost all areas in the national capital which was hit by a massive duststorm last evening, a discom spokesperson said today.
Normal life was thrown out of gear yesterday as the storm uprooted several trees and snapped power lines, plunging many parts of the city into darkness.
"The thunderstorm had caused large scale disruption of power in large parts of the national capital. Due to the continuous and combined effort of O&M teams of Delhi Transco Limited, Generation and Distribution companies, power was restored in almost all the areas," the spokesperson of major power distributor BSES said here.

"Due to extensive damage to a supply line which routes electricity to South West Delhi, load shedding of around 5-6 hours is likely to take place for the next 2-3 days in certain areas of West Delhi like Palam, Dwarka, Tilak Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri and Janakpuri," he said.
However, a major 220kV transmission line from Bamnauli to Papankallan I Grid, which supplies a major portion of the incoming power to South-West Delhi, has been affected due to extensive damage to its four towers, he said.
"The restoration of this line, even with emergency measures is likely to take up to three days," he said.

The company said that it is trying to provide supply of the restricted power available to it by restoring to rotationally shedding in certain parts of West Delhi and provide to other parts to the extent possible.

"We are attempting to provide uninterrupted power supply for essential services like water treatments plants," the spokesperson said.
However, he requested consumers to use the available power supply judiciously in order to avoid over-loading of the network, which may cause disruptions and further increase the outages.
The company has uploaded a load shedding schedule which can be accessed on BSES website www.Bsesdelhi.Com.