35 areas in dark for 5 hours after transformer failure

The failure of a transformer in a Bescom sub-station left around 35 areas in South Bengaluru without power for about five hours on Friday, officials said.

A 20 MVA (Mega Volt Ampere) transformer in one of the sub-stations near Anjanapura developed a technical snag around 5.15 pm, resulting in power outages, an engineer overseeing the repair work told DH. “We could not divert the load to another station as almost all stations in the city are overloaded and any attempts to divert the load would result in the tripping of the transmission,” the engineer explained.

Areas between Gottigere, off Bannerghatta Road, and Thalaghattapura were affected.