Mass blackout in city after fire at substation

Twenty-two residential societies which are home to thousands of families along the Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram are suffering a power outage since 8:40 a.m. on Sunday due to a major fire in the 220 kV grid station in Sector 107.

- Leena Dhankhar

GURUGRAM:

The power supply was still not restored at the time of going to print. Among the affected residential societies are Sobha City, M3M Woodshire, Emaar Gurgaon Greens, Adani Oyster Greens, and Suncity Avenue 102. The affected sectors are 99, 102, 103, 107, 108 and 109.

"We are doing our best to restore electricity supply but we cannot say by when it will be restored. In the meantime we have asked developers and residents' welfare associations to arrange alternative power sources such as backup diesel generators till Monday evening at least," said an official of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) on condition of anonymity.

BK Raghav, superintendent engineer (Gurugram) of Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) Limited, said that a fault in a high-tension feeder of the 220 kV substation resulted in the fire.

"One set of 220/33 kV cable has been damaged from the fire. Senior HVPN officials including Gurugram division's executive engineer Anil Malik were at the spot the whole day to monitor repair works," he said, adding that repairs will continue for the whole night and supply is expected to be restored by Monday morning.