A power cut in parts of Bengaluru today has been traced to a feeder fault reported by the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company.
Kodichikanahalli is affected between 6:30 am and 10 am, while Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli face outages from 6 am to 10 am.
BESCOM said the disruption stems from a trip in the 66/11KV HSR MUSS F2 feeder, which requires restoration work.
The utility has also scheduled separate maintenance outages today in Konappana Agrahara and Electronic City, from 6 am to 10 am.
Another scheduled outage under the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction covers Halehalli, Maragondanahalli, Kalkere Road, Byrathi Village, Kanakashree Layout and Atma Vidya Nagar.
Residents in the affected areas have been advised to charge essential devices in advance and plan their day around the outage timings.
BESCOM has asked residents to monitor its official notices, given that the HSR feeder fault is an unplanned issue rather than routine maintenance.
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.
Power disruptions of this kind are a recurring feature of Bengaluru’s monsoon and maintenance seasons, with the utility periodically publishing area-wise schedules to help residents plan around expected outages.
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