Data from the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), Bengaluru city’s electricity board and manager, indicated there might be power cuts in some areas of the Karnataka capital on Wednesday and Thursday. This is because the KPTCL – Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited – will be undertaking some maintenance works in some divisions and areas.
The KTPCL has been carrying out repair and other projects throughout September, which have included strengthening of existing transmission lines, replacement of conductors, construction of new lines, structure work and tests, among other works. Most of the works in September were periodical, quarterly or half yearly maintenance.
The BESCOM schedules planned outages to tackle delayed and pending projects every month, a prominent one being the shifting of all overhead cables underground, which has been pushed further due to rain.
