Chennai: Wednesday night was largely free of power cuts in most parts of Chennai, though the electricity consumption reached 90.3 million units.
There were outages on Monday and Tuesday nights. On Wednesday night, several Tangedco workers were in the field to fix transformer trips and short circuits in pillar boxes.
A senior official said only two pillar box-related issues were reported on Wednesday night, while the numbers were 12 on Tuesday night and 30 on Monday. “We identified weak pillar boxes and cables and foxed them. Our workers and officers were also on the rounds till 2 am, ” said a senior official.
