Hyderabad: Flood-hit areas remain powerless for 40 hours

HYDERABAD: Heavy rains that lashed the city on October 13 plunged a few areas into almost 40 hours of darkness as there was no restoration of power supply despite multiple complaints. Residents of Ramanthapur, Rasoolpura, Tarnaka, Shaikpet, Abids were among the most affected as power supply was disrupted soon after heavy rains started lashing the city on October 13.
“Transformers in isolated pockets of these areas were inundated due to which we are unable to resume the power supply. Water has entered cellars of many buildings. We can only restore supply after conducting all necessary safety checks,” said J Srinivas, director (operations), Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL), adding that the TSSDPCL received close to 12,000 grievances of which 95 per cent were resolved by Thursday morning.

According to officials, as many as 686 feeders were damaged due to the rains, of which 671 feeders were restored and remaining were under progress by Thursday evening. People had to face hardships due to the power failure as many could not seek help as their mobile battery was discharged. The situation was much the same at Shaikpet, Adikpet, Vidyanagar. “There was no power supply for almost 48 hours. Since there is no three-phase power supply, we were unable to turn on the motor for borewell water,” said Narasimha Reddy, a resident of OU Colony.
Many were unable to work from home or study for exams.