Chennai Power Cuts

While many residents in the rain-affected parts of the city were grappling with power cuts, the state government has said that their main focus is to bring back normalcy and that 80 per cent of the power supply has already been restored.

A Chennai family's four-day ordeal ended when the Yoganandans who have been locked up in their Narayanapuram home decided to check into a hotel.

An 8-minute power cut at a premier hospital in Puducherry ended in the loss of three lives. A man and two women were undergoing dialysis - an artificial process of purifying blood when kidneys malfunction --- at the hospital's new dialysis unit. Two of the patients died immediately. One died later at the Intensive Care Unit, officials said.

Two days after Cyclone Vardah passed over Chennai, swiping and smashing everything on its path, the locals are dealing with an unforeseen fallout: non-working ATMs.

The Department of Posts has decided to tap solar energy to manage disruption in power as supply was hit during the rains in Chennai and suburbs last week.

The family of a Chennai journalist has blamed a power cut for the death of their 41-year-old son, who died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

Day one of the two-hour-long power cut turned chaotic this morning at the home of Ms Sujata Vijay in Chennai's RA Puram area. The power went off at 8, crippling her kitchen appliances.

A two-hour long power cut would come to force in Chennai from today.

Chennai will face two-hour long power cuts daily from Monday. Tamil Nadu is witnessing a power shortage of around 2500 MW. Chennai alone accounts for around thirty per cent of the total consumption.

In a major relief to members of the Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA), the Madras High Court has restrained Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) not to resort to load shedding for those having dedicated feeder lines and wind mills.

Faced with acute power shortage of around 4,000 MW and the wrath of public for long power cuts, the Tamil Nadu power utility on Saturday announced 40 per cent power cut for all industrial and commercial users, two-hour cuts in Chennai city and suburbs and four hours for other rural and urban areas from Monday onwards.

Summers are set to get tougher for people in Chennai as there are going to be one-hour long power cuts during the day for domestic consumers in the city. For the rest of Tamil Nadu, however, there are going to be 3-hour long power cuts during day.The Tamil Nadu govt has assured people that the situation will ease in a few weeks.People in Hyderabad ...

While many residents in the rain-affected parts of the city were grappling with power cuts, the state government has said that their main focus is to bring back normalcy and that 80 per cent of the power supply has already been restored.

A Chennai family's four-day ordeal ended when the Yoganandans who have been locked up in their Narayanapuram home decided to check into a hotel.

An 8-minute power cut at a premier hospital in Puducherry ended in the loss of three lives. A man and two women were undergoing dialysis - an artificial process of purifying blood when kidneys malfunction --- at the hospital's new dialysis unit. Two of the patients died immediately. One died later at the Intensive Care Unit, officials said.

Two days after Cyclone Vardah passed over Chennai, swiping and smashing everything on its path, the locals are dealing with an unforeseen fallout: non-working ATMs.

The Department of Posts has decided to tap solar energy to manage disruption in power as supply was hit during the rains in Chennai and suburbs last week.

The family of a Chennai journalist has blamed a power cut for the death of their 41-year-old son, who died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

Day one of the two-hour-long power cut turned chaotic this morning at the home of Ms Sujata Vijay in Chennai's RA Puram area. The power went off at 8, crippling her kitchen appliances.

A two-hour long power cut would come to force in Chennai from today.

Chennai will face two-hour long power cuts daily from Monday. Tamil Nadu is witnessing a power shortage of around 2500 MW. Chennai alone accounts for around thirty per cent of the total consumption.

In a major relief to members of the Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA), the Madras High Court has restrained Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) not to resort to load shedding for those having dedicated feeder lines and wind mills.

Faced with acute power shortage of around 4,000 MW and the wrath of public for long power cuts, the Tamil Nadu power utility on Saturday announced 40 per cent power cut for all industrial and commercial users, two-hour cuts in Chennai city and suburbs and four hours for other rural and urban areas from Monday onwards.

Summers are set to get tougher for people in Chennai as there are going to be one-hour long power cuts during the day for domestic consumers in the city. For the rest of Tamil Nadu, however, there are going to be 3-hour long power cuts during day.The Tamil Nadu govt has assured people that the situation will ease in a few weeks.People in Hyderabad ...