Power supply will be suspended across several parts of Chennai on Saturday, October 3, from 9 am to 2 pm for maintenance works, affecting neighbourhoods in Avadi, Pallavaram, Besant Nagar, the IT Corridor, Velachery, Kundrathur, Chintadripet and other areas. Supply is expected to resume before 2 pm if the scheduled works are completed early.
The shutdown will cover parts of Chembarampakkam, including Panimalar Medical College, Varadharajapuram, Yamuna Nagar, Kolapancherry, Chokkanallur and Pidarethangal. In Sembakkam, the affected areas include Manavala Nagar, Jayendra Nagar, Iyyapa Nagar, Prasanth Colony, Senthil Avenue, Bagyam Nagar, Navaneetham Nagar and VGP Pon Nagar.
Parts of Mudichur will also be affected, including VM Garden, GMR Toll Booth, Sundar Nagar, Selva Nagar and Rayappa Nagar. The Pallavaram shutdown list covers Radha Nagar Main Road, Ramasamy Street, Hanuman Koil Street, Bharathipuram, Kakkan Street, Chidambaram Street, Sankar Street, Subash Nagar, Sridevi Amman Street, Viswesvaran Street, Venkateswara Nagar, Guruswamy Nagar, MGR Nagar, Karunanithi Street, Bhakthavachalam Street, Shanti Nagar, Cauvery Street, Narmada Street, Kalaimagal Street, Anna Street and Kannagi Street.
The IT Corridor areas named in the notice include Raju Nagar, Mettukuppam, VOC Street, PTC Quarters, Sakthi Garden, CTS, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Okkiyam Pettai, Chandrasekaran Avenue and Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kannagi Nagar, TNSCB Thoraipakkam, IAS Colony, Eswaran Salai, OM Road, MGR Street, Kaliamman Koil Street, Karapakkam and River View Colony. These locations include residential neighbourhoods, roads and employment-linked areas along the southern technology corridor.
In Besant Nagar, the affected streets include TMM Street, Mahalakshmi Avenue, Anna Colony First Main Road and 31st Cross Street, Sasthiri Nagar, Gangai Amman Koil Street, Chella Perumal Street, Raju Street, Nethaji Street, Lal Bahadur Street, MG Road and Kamarajar Salai. The shutdown will also cover parts of Kundrathur, including Moondramkattalai, Balaji Nagar, Vaisnavi Avenue, VBR Avenue, Vatchala Avenue, Poosanikulam, Bazaar Road, Ondi Colony, Saravana Nagar, Thirupathy Nagar, Seven Hills Nagar, Andamkuppam Main Road, Kothandam Street and Manacherry.
In Velachery, supply will be suspended in areas around Velachery Main Road, LIC Colony, Tansi Nagar First to Seventh Streets, Taramani Link Road and Dhandeeswaram 11th and 12th Streets. The Avadi list includes Kovilpathagai, Poompozhil Nagar, Kalaignar Nagar, Kannada Palayam, Senthil Nagar, Siva Shakthi Nagar, Sri Shakthi Nagar, Vaishnavi Nagar, Jothi Nagar, Anthony Nagar, Nagammai Nagar, JB Nagar, Annanur, Cholambedu, CTH Road, Thirumullaivoyal, Saraswathi Nagar–MTH Road, Kulakkarai Sivan Kovil, JAK Nagar and Venkatachalam Nagar.
Parts of central Chennai’s Chintadripet will also be affected, including Venkatesa Gramani Street, Swamynaiken Street, Sowrimuthu Street, CPM Street, Velayaham Street, Muniyappillai Street, Saddu Street, Swamy Street, Koyathope, Verabathara Street, Meermadhanali Street, Nagaapamasthri Street, Velayuthachetty Street, Suburaiyan Street, Harris Road, Padavettuamman South and North Streets, Mukkiamman Kovil Street, Kovoor Vaithayanathan Street, Ulagappa Street, Athiappa Street, Agaragharam Street, Darmarajakovil Street, Palli Street, Kutty Street and Vannar Street. Supply is scheduled to resume before 2 pm if the maintenance works are completed ahead of time.
