Power outage continues for the third day in city
Ranchi: Power outages still continue to plague people in many parts of the city on Tuesday, almost two days after a storm damaged transformers and electric poles.
In many areas of Ranchi, power outage began on Saturday evening and continued till Monday, leaving residents in the areas to face inconvenience.
The outage affected numerous localities including Tatisilwai, Namkum, Lowadih, Chutia and other areas.
Although electricity supply resumed in the areas on Monday night, power outages again came back to haunt them as it rained again on Tuesday afternoon.
Ranchi on Tuesday experienced moderate thunderstorm and lightning accompanied with rain and gusty wind speeding up to 50-60 kmph.
A powerful storm, speeding up to 80 kmph, that struck Ranchi on Sunday evening, left the city grappling with widespread power outages, as over 150 electric poles were uprooted and six power transformers were damaged in the storm.
Sneha Singh, a resident of Chutia, said, "After two days of outage, power supply was partially resumed on Monday night. The supply was not consistent, even if it resumed after 48 hours. But, further deteriorating the condition, a power cut extending up to several hours started on Tuesday afternoon."
Another resident of Kutchery Chowk area, Raunak Raj, said, "Inverters have run out of power. It is a pathetic state of affairs.
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Even if the weather slightly deteriorates, a power outage starts."
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(JBVNL) superintendent engineer of Ranchi circle, D N Sahu, said that the damaged power infrastructures were repaired. "However, power cables were snapped in many areas due to rain and storm, leading to power outage. The total amount of destruction is yet to be assessed. Meanwhile, workers on the ground have been engaged to bring the power supply to normalcy," he added.
On Tuesday, Bokaro received the highest rainfall, 41.6 mm, followed by 29.2 mm recorded in Ranchi, Jamshedpur recorded 0.4 mm, Ramgarh 15 mm, and Lohardaga recorded 3.5 mm rainfall.
The rain brought down the maximum temperatures across the state. Ranchi recorded a maximum temperature of 33.9 °C, a drop of 2.8 °C from normal temperature. Jamshedpur recorded a 37.5 °C, a drop of 1 °C below the normal, Bokaro recorded 32.5 °C.
Daltonganj recorded the highest maximum temperature at 41.4 °C on Tuesday.
Ranchi: Power outages still continue to plague people in many parts of the city on Tuesday, almost two days after a storm damaged transformers and electric poles.
In many areas of Ranchi, power outage began on Saturday evening and continued till Monday, leaving residents in the areas to face inconvenience. The outage affected numerous localities including Tatisilwai, Namkum, Lowadih, Chutia and other areas.
Although electricity supply resumed in the areas on Monday night, power outages again came back to haunt them as it rained again on Tuesday afternoon.
Ranchi on Tuesday experienced moderate thunderstorm and lightning accompanied with rain and gusty wind speeding up to 50-60 kmph.
A powerful storm, speeding up to 80 kmph, that struck Ranchi on Sunday evening, left the city grappling with widespread power outages, as over 150 electric poles were uprooted and six power transformers were damaged in the storm.
Sneha Singh, a resident of Chutia, said, "After two days of outage, power supply was partially resumed on Monday night. The supply was not consistent, even if it resumed after 48 hours. But, further deteriorating the condition, a power cut extending up to several hours started on Tuesday afternoon."
Another resident of Kutchery Chowk area, Raunak Raj, said, "Inverters have run out of power. It is a pathetic state of affairs.
Even if the weather slightly deteriorates, a power outage starts."
Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) superintendent engineer of Ranchi circle, D N Sahu, said that the damaged power infrastructures were repaired. "However, power cables were snapped in many areas due to rain and storm, leading to power outage. The total amount of destruction is yet to be assessed. Meanwhile, workers on the ground have been engaged to bring the power supply to normalcy," he added.
On Tuesday, Bokaro received the highest rainfall, 41.6 mm, followed by 29.2 mm recorded in Ranchi, Jamshedpur recorded 0.4 mm, Ramgarh 15 mm, and Lohardaga recorded 3.5 mm rainfall.
The rain brought down the maximum temperatures across the state. Ranchi recorded a maximum temperature of 33.9 °C, a drop of 2.8 °C from normal temperature. Jamshedpur recorded a 37.5 °C, a drop of 1 °C below the normal, Bokaro recorded 32.5 °C. Daltonganj recorded the highest maximum temperature at 41.4 °C on Tuesday.
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