Chennai power shutdowns will affect several neighbourhoods on October 5, with electricity supply suspended from 9 am to 2 pm for maintenance work by the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (TNPDCL). The utility said supply will be restored before 2 pm once the work is completed.
The scheduled outage will cover areas under the Thillaiganga Nagar section, including Nanganallur, Pazhavanthangal, Jeevan Nagar, Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, Velachery, Adambakkam, Andal Nagar, Vanampettai, Brindavan Nagar, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Shanthi Nagar, Puluthivakkam, Ullagaram, AGS Colony, EB Colony, Mohanapuri and New Colony.
In Chetpet, the affected locations include McNichols Road, Nauroji Road, Gurusamy Road, Sari Road, Muthaiyappa Street, Taylors Road, New Avadi Road, Hales Road, Lakshmi Road, RBI Quarters and surrounding streets and residential quarters. The shutdown will also cover parts of Sengundram, including Kumaran Nagar, Orakkadu Road, Kottai Medu, GNT Road, Periya Colony, Panneervakkam, Parthasarathy Nagar, Sembulivaram and Alagathamman Nagar.
Residents in Chitlapakkam will face an outage in Chitlapakkam, Sarvamangala Nagar, Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, Haridaspuram Main Road, Amman Koil Street, Agathiyar Street, U.V. Swaminatha Street, Pamban Swamigal Road, Babu Street, Kalaivanar Street, Kalyanasundaram Street, Sudha Avenue, Saradhambal Street, Ramakrishnapuram and surrounding areas. Other affected locations include Sharma Nagar, Malavika Avenue, Naseeb Avenue, Thirumalai Nagar, Saraswathi Nagar, Easwari Nagar and Velachery Main Road.
The Nehru Nagar section will include Ganesh Nagar, Sri Ram Nagar, 100 Feet Road, Dhanalakshmi Street, Balaji Nagar, Karpagam Nagar’s first to ninth streets, Kamatchi Nagar, Padmavathi Nagar Extension, Srinivasa Nagar, Agram Main Road, R.P. Road, Iyasamy School Street, Rajaji Street, Patel Street and Shankarlal Jain Street.
TNPDCL attributed the interruption to maintenance work and said power would be restored before the scheduled 2 pm end time after the work is completed.
