Bengaluru Power Cut On November 21: BESCOM Declares 8-Hour-Long Power Outage; Full Affected Areas List

Bengaluru Power Cut Today: The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has declared maintenance work at one of its 66/11 KV power distribution centers. Due to this, residents in Devarabelakere and surrounding areas will face a whopping 8-hour-long power outage on November 21, Friday.

Bengaluru Power Cut Today:

As per BESCOM's notification, an emergency maintenance will be carried out at the 66/11 KV power distribution center of Malebennur, Devarabelakere branch.

The maintenance work will commence from 10 am to 6 pm of Friday. Hence, residents in the surrounding areas may get impacted with shortage or outage of electricity.

Bescom Power Cut: Affected Areas:

Areas that could see a 8-hours of power outage are:

- Kadlegondi

- Satyanarayana Camp

- Salakatte

- Mitlakatte

- IP Zone

- Malebennur

- Halivana

- Koppa

- Dibbadahalli

- Mallanaikanahalli

- Guddadebevinahalli

- Sanklipura

- Nanditavare

- Kumbalur

- Kunibelakere

- Chandrarao Camp

- Basaveshwara Camp

- Bhaskar Rao Camp

- Kumbalur

What To Do During Power Outages:

Here are some of the tips to practice during planned power outages:

- Keep your inverters, emergency lights, phones, and power banks charged to the full before the outage.

- Since the power outage will be from 10 am to 6 pm, schedule your daily chores accordingly. Notably, for usage of any appliance like water pumps, washing machines, microwaves, or a mixer, it is better to be done before power cut.

- Keep a storage of sufficient water both for drinking and other purposes.

- Prepare your meals prior to the outage.

BESCOM - Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited is responsible for Power distribution in Eight districts of Karnataka (Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Davanagere, Tumkur, Chitradurga and Ramanagara). BESCOM covers an area of 41,092 Sq. Kms. with a population of over 207 lakhs.

The company has 4 operating Zones - Bangalore Metropolitan Area Zone(North), Bangalore Metropolitan Area Zone(South), Bangalore Rural Area Zone and Chitradurga Zone, 9 Circles, 32 Divisions, 147 Sub-divisions and 534 Section Offices.

In Karnataka state, BESCOM has taken over the responsibility from KPTCL for the distribution of electricity in 8 districts and commenced its operations from 1st June 2002.