Rain leaves many in dark for hours

Rain leaves many in dark for hours
Bangalore, DHNS:
Sapna, a resident of L B Shastrinagar said there was no power between 7 pm on Sunday and 2 am on Monday.

Several areas including Indiranagar, Jeevanbhimanagar, areas in and around HAL, OMBR Layout and other areas under Banaswadi substation had to undergo an extended power cut due to rains on Sunday.

Sapna, a resident of L B Shastrinagar said there was no power between 7 pm on Sunday and 2 am on Monday.

Residents at OMBR Layout also experienced blackouts lasting nearly two hours as the rains began. A Bescom official said the power supply was disrupted due to the tripping of 220 KV transformer in HAL area caused by rains. As a result, three to four feeders drawing power from that transformer failed.

Earth Hour

India will also be taking part in the Earth Hour celebrations which is held on the last Saturday of March. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) will be seeing this effort through and in Bangalore, ING Vysya will sponsor the celebrations. The bank will shut down all its branches and corporate offices in India for one hour at 8.30 pm on March 24. A series of talks and exhibits are also planned for March 20. TiE is also in talks with residential associations to implement the Earth Hour shut down on a larger scale.