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BESCOM has reported power cuts in parts of Bengaluru today, following a fault in one of its feeder lines.
Kodichikanahalli faces an outage from 6:30 am to 10 am, while Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli are without power from 6 am to 10 am.
The cause has been identified as a trip in the 66/11KV HSR MUSS F2 feeder, which requires restoration work before supply is restored.
Separately, BESCOM has scheduled maintenance-related outages today in Konappana Agrahara and Electronic City, also running from 6 am to 10 am.
A further outage is planned under the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction, affecting Halehalli, Maragondanahalli, Kalkere Road, Byrathi Village, Kanakashree Layout and Atma Vidya Nagar.
Residents in these areas have been advised to charge essential devices beforehand and plan around the outage timings.
BESCOM has asked affected residents to track its official notices for updates, since the HSR feeder issue is an unplanned fault rather than scheduled maintenance.
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.
Residents in Bengaluru have increasingly relied on the BESCOM Mithra mobile application and the utility’s official social media handles to track outage schedules and restoration updates in real time.
Power disruptions of this kind are a recurring feature of Bengaluru’s monsoon and maintenance seasons, with the utility periodically publishing area-wise schedules to help residents plan around expected outages.
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.
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