Hyderabad: The light rainfall which was followed by drizzle in Hyderabad on Saturday evening led to an almost total shutdown of power supply in Hyderabad district while half of the 11 KV feeders of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) in the company’s areas of operation were also affected. HESCO’s spokesman Sadiq Kubar informed here on Saturday night that electric supply to 157 feeders in Hyderabad out of the city’s total of 166 feeders was suspended after the rain.
Likewise, he added, out of the total of 722 feeders in its jurisdiction in Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions some 355 feeders were shut down due to the downpour.
According to the spokesman, the electric supply would be restored once the teams of HESCO visited their respective areas and green signals to their respective grid stations to restart the feeders.
He advised the people on behalf of the company to staff away from the electric poles during the rain.