Chandigarh: A major technical snag hit the power supply in Chandigarh, resulting in a complete blackout in most areas of the city beautiful for long hours on Wednesday night.
Sectors 10, 11, 15, 25, 32 to 40 and 43 to 56 of Chandigarh faced seven-hour long power cut around 6.30 pm onwards.
The affected sectors get their power supply from the 66-KV grid station in Mohali, about 10 km from Chandigarh.
Residents of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana, complained that officials failed to give them any information on the outage.
The supply was restored in some sectors at around 12.30 am However, the problem of low voltage persisted in many areas till 9 am.
Sectors 10, 11, 15, 25, 32 to 40 and 43 to 56 of Chandigarh faced seven-hour long power cut around 6.30 pm onwards.
The affected sectors get their power supply from the 66-KV grid station in Mohali, about 10 km from Chandigarh.
Residents of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana, complained that officials failed to give them any information on the outage.
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The supply was restored in some sectors at around 12.30 am However, the problem of low voltage persisted in many areas till 9 am.
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