NEW DELHI : The government of Odisha has said that it is working to restore electricity in areas of the state affected by cyclone Yaas, which made landfall on Wednesday. According to the state government, the 220 kV and 132 kV transmission systems of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (OPTCL) at Bhubaneswar and Cuttack were largely unaffected by the cyclone, and all covid hospitals and oxygen filling units under the Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd’s (TPCODL’s) areas have got electricity. Power supply has also been restored in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, and Kendrapara towns.
TPCODL is a joint venture between Tata Power and the state government that supplies electricity to a population of 1.36 crore spread over a distribution area of 29,354 square kilometres.
