Noida: Outages were reported from more than a dozen sectors in Noida between Monday night and Tuesday morning. While some highrises in sectors 119 and 120 faced power cuts every 10 minutes through the night, in sectors 116, 128, 118 and 117, there was no power from 6 am to 10 am on Tuesday.
Officials at the power department said damage in the main 132 KV line at Noida’s Sector 115 substation led to the problem. The fault was fixed on Tuesday morning.
“There were intermittent power cuts for a few hours from 11 pm on Monday,” said a resident of Sector 120. “We were watching TV at that time and it kept getting switched off, along with the air conditioner.”
In sectors 74 to 79, where about 2 lakh people stay in highrises, several residents were up for most of the night. “Many took a stroll inside their complex because it was too hot,” said local resident Brijesh Singh.
In Sector 119, lifts in some housing complexes stopped working for some time. “As soon as the power back-up would kick in, the main line would trip again. This continued for more than an hour on Monday night,” said Sanjay Kumar from Sector 119.
VN Singh, the chief zonal engineer, Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL), Noida, said: “A conductor breakage was reported around 12.50 am. We tried to restore the supply through alternate lines in Bhangel and Sector 20 substations. But since the 132 KV substation in Sector 115 is the main supply line for Noida, the problem of outage continued. The fault was fixed around 8.45 am on Tuesday.” He added that the current daily demand in the city is about 1,200 MW.