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Several areas successful and astir Thripunithura were severely affected by a prolonged disruption successful powerfulness proviso caused by dense rainfall and wind, which deed the portion connected Tuesday (May 12). Power proviso could not beryllium restored adjacent aft 24 hours successful respective areas, throwing mean beingness retired of cogwheel and triggering protests.
Eroor, Thripunithura town, Maradu, Panangad and Udayamperoor nether the Thripunithura sub-division witnessed powerfulness outages, with astir 60 electrical poles damaged aft trees fell connected powerfulness lines. The lines snapped astatine much than 25 locations. The Ullas Nagar country suffered extended damage, with 4 electrical posts destroyed successful that locality alone. Power proviso from 80 transformers was disrupted connected Tuesday, sources with the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) said.
Only commercialized establishments equipped with powerfulness backup facilities were capable to relation successful the municipality connected Wednesday (May 13). Shops and households relying connected inverters were besides plunged into acheronian by evening aft their backup powerfulness ran out. Many residents had to complaint their mobile phones from their cars.
KSEB officials said restoration works were on. “In Thripunithura, 90% of the 11kV lines person been charged by Wednesday evening. The damaged low-tension lines volition beryllium restored by Thursday evening (May 14),” an authoritative with the Thripunithura sub-division said. While 26 low-tension posts were damaged successful Thripunithura, 7 11kV poles and 18 low-tension poles broke successful antithetic parts of Maradu. The authoritative said powerfulness proviso was afloat restored successful Eroor and Panangad connected Wednesday.
Councillors led by Maradu municipality chairperson Ajitha Nandakumar and residents, meanwhile, staged a sit-in astatine the KSEB bureau determination successful protestation against the hold successful restoration of powerfulness supply.
