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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Flood leaves 150 Uttarakhand villages without power -Yogesh Kumar & Arpita Chakrabarty

Flood leaves 150 Uttarakhand villages without power -Yogesh Kumar & Arpita Chakrabarty

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published Published on Jul 5, 2016   modified Modified on Jul 5, 2016
-The Times of India

DEHRADUN/ ALMORA: Over 900 villages across the state had plunged into darkness when cloudbursts and incessant rains hit Uttarakhand on July 1. Of these, around 150 are still in the dark. Senior officials of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) said on Monday that the scale of damage to transmission lines was "unprecedented" .

"The strong winds and continued rains snapped many poles and supply lines were also cut. The entire power infrastructure in fact took a hit," said a top-ranking UPCL official.

According to figures collated by UPCL, 137 villages in Chamoli district, 466 in Pithoragarh, and 317 in Tehri were without power for more than 24 hours after the disaster struck.

"We worked non-stop over the weekend to ensure that power supply was restored at many places. As a result, most of the villages have now started getting electricity. Only 94 villages in Chamoli and 45 villages in Pithoragarh are now without electricity. However, our men are working day and night to fix the technical faults and the transmission is expected to be normalized in these villages as well soon," the official said.

Pawan Singh, the executive engineer of the electricity department in Pithoragarh , told TOI that their work was being hampered due to "accessibility issues." "Unless roads are opened, our men can't reach the transmission lines," he said.

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The Times of India, 4 July, 2016, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Flood-leaves-150-Uttarakhand-villages-without-power/articleshow/53050048.cms


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