Date:28/01/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/28/stories/2007012819350400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Large parts of city to go without power today

Staff Reporter

BESCOM is taking up urgent maintenance work

BANGALORE: Urgent maintenance work by Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will render large parts of the city without power from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

While the areas fed by the Banaswadi, L.R. Bande and Pottery Road "C" Station will be affected from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., those coming under the 220 kV Somanahalli Receiving Station will have no power from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The areas affected under the Somanahalli station are Padmanabhanagar: Banashankari 2nd and 3rd stages, Monotype Industrial Area, M.M. Industries, Rajiv Nagar, Padmanabhanagar, Bhavani Layout, Kaverinagar, C.T. Bed, K.R. Road, Manjunathanagar, Yarabnagar, Kadirenahalli, Keresandra, Ambedkarnagar and surrounding areas.

RBI Layout: Konankunte, Harinagar, Chunchaghatta, Srinidhi Layout, Bank Colony, Ganapathipuram, Bheereshwaranagar, Shivashaktinagar, Guru Raghavendra Layout, Eshwaranagar, Puttenahalli, Nataraja Layout, Brigade Millennium, Muttappa Garden, Sarakki Kere limits, K.R. Layout, J.P. Nagar 5th, 6th and 7th phases, Arakere, Thalaghattapura, Hulimavu division, Weavers' Colony, Gottigere, B.G. Road, MICO Layout, Begur, Devarachikkanahalli, Kodichikkanahalli, Avalahalli, Gowravnagar, Anjanapura, Konena Agrahara, Shanthinikethan and surrounding areas.

Subramanyapura: Kadirenahalli, ISRO Layout, Adarshanagar, Yediyur, Jayanagar 6th block, part of Jayanagar 7th block, Vasanthapura, K.S. Layout 1st and 2nd Stages, Govinayakanahalli, Ishwarinagar, Sarabandapalya, Pragathipura, Sarakki Gate, Gangadharanagar, Illiyas Nagar, Ramakrishnagar, Kanakanagar, Huchappanapalya, Gubbalala, Krishna Farm, Jayanagar Cooperative Society, Bharat Layout 1st 2nd and 4th stages, Krishna Spinning Mill, Doddakallasandra, Rahuvanahalli, Konanakunte Cross, J.C. Industrial Area, Umarbag Layout, Fiyazabad, M.M. Industrial Area, Anjanapura, Thalagattapura, Vaderahalli, Basappanapalya, Thathaguni Gollahalli, Amruthanagar, Vajarahalli, Doctors Layout, Vallabhanagar and parts of Bank Colony and surrounding areas.

Line clearance

Due to emergency line clearance on 66/11 kV Kumbalagodu sub-station, the following areas will have no power between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.: Kambipura, Karubele, Anchepalya, Kumbalagodu, Kumbalagodu Industrial Area, Kanminike Colony, Hampapura, Thagachaguppe, Devagiri, Anepalya, Doddipalya, B.M. Kaval, BGS International School, Nityanandanagar, K'Gollahalli, Kullegowdanapalya, Kenchanapalya, Gonipura, Chinnakurchi, Thittahalli, Seegehalli, Lingapura, Hosapalya, Bandayyanapalya, Thippur, Kengeri Satellite Town, Ramohalli, Maligondanahalli, Maragoundanahalli, Gulaganjihalli, Devikiran Paper Mill, Pinto Estate, KHB, Shirke Apartment, Beedi Workers' Colony, Bheemanakuppe, Gerupalya, Mysore Road, R.R. Medical College and surrounding areas.

The areas affected between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. under the 66 / 11 KV Banaswadi Station are: Vinobhanagar, K.G. Halli and surrounding areas, HBR 1st to 5th blocks, K.K. Halli, Kammanahalli, Lingarajapura areas, Oil Mill Road, Sait Palya, Aravindanagar, Yadava Layout, Muniyeelappa Garden, Kariyannapalya, Yashin Nagar, Ramakrishna Hegde Nagar, parts of Hennur Main Road and surrounding areas, Dodda Banaswadi, R.S. Palya, Subbaiahanapalya, HRBR Layout 1st, 2nd and 3rd blocks, Kacharakanahalli, Nagadevi Industrial Area, Nehru Main Road, Horamavu, Agara, Jayanthigrama, Kalkere, B. Channasandra, Kyalasanahalli, Nagawara, Govindapura, Hennur, Geddalahalli, Kothanur, V. Nagenahalli, Srirampura, Vaddarapalya, Chelkere, Meghanapalya, K. Narayanapura, Hegdenagar, OMBR Layout, Vijaya Bank Colony, Ramamurthynagar main Road, Chikka Banaswadi, Nanjappa Garden, Bank Avenue, Babusapalya, Thanisandra, Rachenahalli, Kulappa Circle, Gubbi Cross, Saaraipalya, Aswathnagar, Amar Jyothi Layout, Mesthripalya and surrounding areas.

Some of the areas affected under 66/11 kV L.R. Bande Station are: Dasarahalli, Mariyanapalya, Coffee Board Layout, Erannapalya, Part of Nagawara, Vidhyasagar, BEL Corporate Office, and Jojappa Layout.