VIJAYAWADA: The power supply to the rain and flood affected villages will be restored within 24 hours of the water receding, APSPDCL chairman and managing director (CMD) H Haranatha Rao has informed energy secretary Srikant Nagulapalli. According to officials, the power supply to 98 villages in Chittoor and Nellore districts was yet to be restored till Sunday evening.
In a review on Sunday, the officials said the water was receding well and that restoration works will be expedited. As a matter of consumer safety, the department officials also appealed to the people, especially farmers, to not touch or get in contact with power infrastructure such as poles, pumping motors and other lines, which have been in water due to rains and floods.
