The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company reported power outages today across Kodichikanahalli, Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli in Bengaluru.
Kodichikanahalli is affected from 6:30 am to 10 am, while Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli face outages from 6 am to 10 am.
BESCOM attributed the disruption to a fault in the 66/11KV HSR MUSS F2 feeder, which tripped and required restoration work.
Separately, scheduled maintenance outages are also planned today in Konappana Agrahara and Electronic City, running from 6 am to 10 am.
A further outage has been scheduled under the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction, covering Halehalli, Maragondanahalli, Kalkere Road, Byrathi Village, Kanakashree Layout and Atma Vidya Nagar.
Residents in the affected areas have been advised to charge essential devices in advance and plan their activities accordingly during the outage windows.
BESCOM has asked residents to stay updated through its official notices, given that some of today’s outages stem from an unplanned technical fault rather than routine maintenance.
BESCOM supplies electricity across Bengaluru and several surrounding districts, and routinely carries out both planned maintenance outages and unplanned fault repairs, with residents typically notified through the utility’s website, mobile app and local announcements.
The HSR MUSS feeder in question forms part of the network serving the HSR Layout area and neighbouring localities, and faults on such feeders can affect multiple connected substations simultaneously, as has been the case with today’s disruption.
Electronic City, one of the areas affected by today’s separate scheduled maintenance, is home to a large concentration of IT and business parks, meaning outages there can have a wider impact on office operations than in purely residential localities.
BESCOM has previously said that scheduled maintenance outages, of the kind affecting Konappana Agrahara and the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction today, are aimed at upgrading ageing infrastructure and reducing the frequency of unplanned faults over the longer term.
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