Severe heat in Unnao affects public life | Severe heat in Unnao affects public life: Electricity supply disrupted for more than 12 hours, people kept wandering for water – Unnao News
The scorching heat in Unnao has affected public life. A 10 MVA transformer was installed in Gokul Baba instead of a 5 MVA transformer. Due to which the power supply of feeder one remained closed from morning till last night. 10 thousand consumers were affected due to power outage for more than 12 hours.
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At Gokul Baba substation, in the presence of departmental officials, the 5 MVA transformer was replaced by a 10 MVA transformer. Due to this, the power supply of feeder 1 was cut off from 9 am. Due to the cutoff of power supply, around 10,000 consumers including Ambika Puram, Thakur Kheda, Gayatri Nagar, Bhatufarm, Kanchan Nagar, Sarvodaya Nagar, Adarsh Nagar Highway were affected. Due to the cutoff of power supply from morning till 10:30 pm in the scorching heat, people in hundreds of houses had to wander for water. Inverters installed in most of the houses broke down. From children to the elderly, everyone was in distress without electricity.
Supply from feeder 3 disrupted due to transformer failure
At around 10:30 pm, the MCV of the 630 KVA transformer installed in Subhash Nagar kept tripping repeatedly when the power supply was on. Due to this, feeder 3 started shutting down with tripping. Seeing the fault, the SSO present at Shuklaganj substation informed the JE and SDO about it. Instead of rectifying the fault in the transformer at night, one person was put on duty.
The power supply of feeder 3 kept coming and going throughout the night. At the same time, electricity supply to hundreds of houses in Subhash Nagar remained disrupted. Due to the fault of MCV in the summer season, people were troubled by the fluctuation of electricity in dozens of localities of feeder 3.
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