Several electric poles, trees uprooted due to rain and strong winds in Hyderabad

A sudden downpour and strong winds in the city on Saturday cut power to many areas and caused damages to electric polls. Several areas were plunged into darkness as power went off due to falling on tree branches on power lines.

According to power officials, several trees were uprooted and about 22 electric poles were damaged in the rain that was accompanied by heavy winds in the city. In Kondapur,



Rajendranagar, Kandukur, Saroornagar, Saifabad, Azamabad and Charminar areas, tree branches fell on the lines causing power disruptions for sometime. Minor disruption also occurred in 11 KV feeders due to strong winds and rain.

The power officials immediately took restoration work and within an hour restored power supply in most of the places where power went off due to falling of tree branches on power lines.