A power outage in parts of Bengaluru today has been traced to a fault in one of BESCOM’s feeder lines.
Kodichikanahalli is without power from 6:30 am to 10 am, while Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli are affected from 6 am to 10 am.
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company identified the issue as a trip in the 66/11KV HSR MUSS F2 feeder, which requires restoration work.
Separately, scheduled maintenance outages are planned today in Konappana Agrahara and Electronic City, running from 6 am to 10 am.
Another scheduled cut under the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction covers Halehalli, Maragondanahalli, Kalkere Road, Byrathi Village, Kanakashree Layout and Atma Vidya Nagar.
Residents in the affected areas have been advised to charge essential devices in advance and plan accordingly during the outage windows.
BESCOM has urged residents to follow its official notices for updates, since the HSR feeder fault is an unplanned issue rather than routine maintenance.
BESCOM has previously said that scheduled maintenance outages, of the kind affecting Konappana Agrahara and the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction today, are aimed at upgrading ageing infrastructure and reducing the frequency of unplanned faults over the longer term.
Residents in Bengaluru have increasingly relied on the BESCOM Mithra mobile application and the utility’s official social media handles to track outage schedules and restoration updates in real time.
Power disruptions of this kind are a recurring feature of Bengaluru’s monsoon and maintenance seasons, with the utility periodically publishing area-wise schedules to help residents plan around expected outages.
BESCOM supplies electricity across Bengaluru and several surrounding districts, and routinely carries out both planned maintenance outages and unplanned fault repairs, with residents typically notified through the utility’s website, mobile app and local announcements.
The HSR MUSS feeder in question forms part of the network serving the HSR Layout area and neighbouring localities, and faults on such feeders can affect multiple connected substations simultaneously, as has been the case with today’s disruption.
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