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Bengaluru, Bhopal Face Planned Power Cuts Today With 12-Hour West Bengaluru Shutdown Friday

Officials call the shutdowns preventive maintenance to boost reliability.

Overview

  • BESCOM has scheduled a Bengaluru outage today from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm as crews carry out work on substations, high‑tension lines and related infrastructure.
  • In Bhopal, feeder-wise cuts today will mostly run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, with some areas set for 10:00 am to 1:00 pm or 10:00 am to 2:00 pm windows across numerous listed localities.
  • An extended shutdown is planned on Friday in the Byadarahalli zone of west Bengaluru from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm to complete transformer capacity enhancement.
  • Areas expected to be affected on Friday include neighborhoods and industrial pockets such as Madeshwara Nagar, Sunkadakatte, Herohalli, Hegganahalli and Padmavathi Industrial Area, with exact impact varying by feeder.
  • Authorities advise residents and businesses to plan for disruptions, limit heavy appliance use, keep backups ready, and note that supply may return earlier if work finishes ahead of schedule or shift based on on‑ground conditions.