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Power outage in Chennai: THESE areas will have power outages today, checklist

Chennai: There will be a power outage in some parts of Chennai in and around Thiruvanmiyur from 9 am to 3 pm on June 7 to carry out maintenance work on the 11 kV Indira Nagar feeder line. Once the work is completed, power supply will be restored before 3 pm.

Power outage areas in Chennai

According to reports, there will be power disruption on one side of LB Road, Kamaraj Nagar 6th to 12th East Street and Kamaraj Avenue, LB Road – OLYMPIA Apts, LB Road – Suraj and Chand Towers, LB Road – Ramaniyam Sanjivini and surrounding areas.

Electricity (Supply) Act 1948 in the state of Tamil Nadu as a vertically integrated utility company responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.

As per the provisions of Section 131 of the Electricity Act, 2003, TNEB was reorganised as TNEB Limited, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) and Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited (TANTRANSCO) on 1 November 2010.

Weather in Chennai

A cyclonic circulation over the southwestern Bay of Bengal around the northern coast of Tamil Nadu triggered rains and thunderstorms in various parts of the city since Wednesday afternoon. The city has been experiencing continuous moderate to heavy rains in several parts since the afternoon of June 5. The heavy rains led to traffic congestion and flooding in the southern outskirts of the city.