07:39 AM (IST), Dec 6
Electricity again in 60% areas, waterlogging blocks it in others
Nearly 24 hours after Cyclone Michaung left Chennai inundated, about 60% of the areas obtained electrical energy until Tuesday evening. Tangedco officers cited waterlogging as a significant blockade for not having the ability to restore energy provide. With the ability outage, Chennai’s energy demand plunged to 100 MW on Monday morning in comparison with a median 3,000MW4,000MW. By Tuesday night the demand rose to 1,500 MW, officers mentioned. In core metropolis areas like Mylapore, RK Salai, Chetpet, Kilpauk, West Mambalam and T Nagar, energy provide didn’t resume fully because the streets have been inundated with at the very least three-foot-deep water. Parts of Pulianthope, Otteri, Madipakkam, Nanganallur, NSK Nagar in Arumbakkam, MM Colony in Aminjikarai, Saraswathi Colony, AGS Colony, Ambedkar Nagar and EB Colony in Adambakkam, most of Avadi and environment, Journalist Colony and Tiruvalluvar Nagar in Tiruvanmiyur are a number of the areas the place energy provide couldn’t be restored on account of waterlogging.