BESCOM Schedules Area-Specific Power Shutdowns in Bengaluru for June 22–23

Overview

• BESCOM put planned outages into effect across Bengaluru for Monday and Tuesday to allow maintenance and substation upgrades.
• Outage lengths vary by feeder with many urban areas facing multi‑hour suspensions and the Soladevanahalli–Hesaraghatta corridor set for the longest window from 9:00 am on June 22 until about 8:00 pm on June 23.
• The utility named specific 66/11 kV substations in its schedule, including Mattikere, IISc and HBR Layout, and listed the neighbourhoods and institutions those feeders will affect.
• BESCOM urged residents and businesses to prepare by charging devices and storing water and it published support channels for real‑time updates and complaints, including a 24×7 helpline (1912), a website portal, a mobile app and its official X handle.
• Officials described the work as routine infrastructure strengthening to reduce future faults and noted similar scheduled maintenance will affect parts of Chennai (Chrompet/Kadaperi feeder) on June 23.