Cars damaged, 13-hr outage in Panchkula

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 30

The high-velocity winds with heavy rain that lashed the region on Saturday night disrupted power supply in the city, besides damaging cars and uprooting trees.

Power supply in the city was disrupted for about 13 hours while in some areas, electricity was restored after 18 hours. Electricity Department officials said the district suffered loss worth lakhs as electricity poles, transformers and power cables were damaged. Old trees in the city witnessed the maximum damage.

The City SDO of the Electricity Department said a transformer was damaged in Sector 7 and several power cables had fallen near Command Hospital. Another transformer hung on a wall for about 22 hours near Topiari and the Haryana Mandi Board office. The official said the transformer would be installed on Monday. Similarly, two poles were broken in the Industrial Area, Phase 1, electricity wires were damaged in Sector 8 and it took about five hours for employees to restore the power supply in the area. The power supply was also disrupted in Sector 10 as tree branches had fallen on electricity cables. The power supply was restored after 15 hours in the sector. Residents of Sector 10 raised slogans against the Electricity Department as the power supply from house numbers 240 to 260 and 451 to 464 was disrupted yesterday at 10.30 pm and could be restored at 5.30 pm on Sunday. Vinod Kumar, a resident, said despite several attempts made to contact the XEN and SDO, no one responded to the calls.

Flood lights in the cricket stadium at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex also fell and their poles got twisted. The stadium is one of the main venues for hosting the U-18 Khelo India Games. “The damage will be assessed and will be soon repaired,” said a senior official.

More than eight cars parked at Sector 9 were damaged as a boundary wall of the Andale Public School fell on the vehicles. The front glass, bonnet and roof of the vehicles were damaged as people had parked their vehicles along the wall.

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