Parts of Karimnagar to witness power interruption on Dec 28

As part of the Grid India exercise, the power supply in several areas in the erstwhile Karimnagar district would be interrupted for half an hour on December 28 anytime between 11 am and 1 pm.

According to a statement issued by the TGTRANSCO on Thursday, it said Grid India was planning to conduct a mock exercise on December 28 to prepare for any emergency that involves restoration of power supply in the event of total failure of power supply in all the states of Southern Region.

The mock exercise is carried out every



year, specifically to provide startup supply to NTPC Ramagundam Generating Station via the HVDC Bhadravati-Ramagundam Inter Regional link in coordination with PGCIL, TGTRANSCO, and NTPC Ramagundam, the statement said.

On December 28, there will be an expected power interruption for about 30 minutes for loads in Korutla, Metpally, Medipally, Kathalapur, Raikal, Jagtial Rural, Kodimyal, Mallial, Vemulawada Rural, Gangadhara, Ramadugu, Choppadandi part and Nandagiri feeders of Jagtial, which are being fed from 220KV Jagtial substation, the release added.