Cyclone Tauktae effect: Jaipur records 1,000 cases of power disruptions

Heavy rainfall in the city due to cyclone Tauktae affected power supply in several areas.

Over 1,000 complaints of power line fault were received since Wednesday morning, most of which were resolved. JVVNL officials said these were minor complaints and no major feeder was switched off. On the outskirts of city where there are agriculture land with wells, 122 feeders out of the total 1,773 faced snags. According to officials, over 450 complaints were still pending at the call centres for power line default till 6pm on Wednesday.

The city received 38.5 mm of rainfall from Tuesday evening to night. On Wednesday, mild to heavy rainfall continued throughout the day as it recorded 37.1 mm rainfall from 8.30 am to 5.15 pm. Mansarover, Sanganer, Jhotwara, Walled City areas received maximum rainfall.

JVVNL superintendent engineer S K Rajput said, “The complaints received were not major and no 33 KV feeder faced any snags. The complaints received were mostly resolved within 15 minutes. At no place in the city, electricity was shut for more than that.”

On Tuesday, five transformers exploded at Sanganer and Walled City, which were changed within two hours. Around 189 teams with 1,210 employees of JVVNL are working on field.