New Delhi, June 11Several parts of national capital, including the area housing Delhi L-G secretariat and Chief Minister’s residence, faced outages for varying lengths as a substation of power grid in neighbouring UP’s Mandola caught fire on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Power discom officials said several areas, largely in the central and east Delhi, were affected due to the failure. Some areas in north Delhi also faced outages.”Areas likely Civil Lines, Model Town, Kashmere Gate, Gulabi Bagh, Shakti Nagar and Vijay Nagar in north Delhi faced outages. The supply was resumed within an hour,” said a discom official.He said the power supply of L-G House and Chief Minister’s residence was also briefly affected.
Areas in east, central, south and north Delhi like ITO, Laxmi Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Jamia, Narela, Model Town, Rohini, Gopalpur, Sabzi Mandi, Wazirpur and Kashmere Gate also faced outages, he said.
Delhi Power Minister Atishi termed the occurrence extremely worrying and said she would meet the Union Power minister and chairman of Power Grid Corporation to ensure prevention of such situation.
