Sri Vijaya Puram, November 14: Residents and businesses across several parts of Sri Vijaya Puram will face scheduled power cuts on November 14 as the Electricity Department undertakes feeder maintenance and shuts down underground cables to facilitate urgent repairs to a water pipeline. The two separate shutdowns will affect areas including Garacharma, Prothrapur, Lamba Line, Dairy Farm and the Airport area, with outages scheduled between 7 am and 1 pm.
The first shutdown, from 7.30 am to 11 am, will cover the Garacharma and Prothrapur feeders. The Electricity Department has scheduled maintenance of the 11 KV air-break switches (ABS) on both feeders.
Under the Garacharma feeder, the affected locations include Laxmi Motor, Shivaji Colony, TR Housing, MR Housing, the Mahindra Showroom area, Agency House, Garacharma Basti, Garacharma Hospital, Kali Mandir, TTI Road, Pump House and Murda Khadi, along with the remaining areas supplied by the feeder.
The Prothrapur feeder shutdown will affect Prothrapur, Austinabad, the Mariyamma Temple area, parts of Pathergudda, the area near Ummat Public School, Brichgunj, Brookshabad, Anna Nagar, Burmanallah, Rangachang, Kodiyaghat, PTS, Chidiyatapu and parts of Beodnabad.
A separate shutdown from 7 am to 1 pm will affect areas supplied by the School Line Tie and Airport feeders. The Electricity Department has ordered the shutdown of 11 KV and 33 KV underground power cables as a precautionary measure to allow the APWD Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) to repair two leakage points in a 500-mm-diameter cast-iron (CI) pumping line.
The pipeline repairs will take place in front of the quarter entrance of the Director, VSI, AAI, SVP, and near the State Bank of India branch at Raksha Vihar Bank, Lamba Line.
The shutdown notice lists the Airport area under the School Line Tie feeder, while Dairy Farm Junction, the CPWD Complex, Lamba Line, Ranchi Tekri and parts of School Line village fall under the Airport feeder.
The Electricity Department said the maintenance shutdown timings were tentative and could change depending on weather conditions. It also said it could restore supply before the scheduled time if the work finished early.
Consumers can check updates on the department’s website, https://vidyut.andaman.gov.in, or register power-supply complaints through its toll-free helpline, 1800-345-1111.
