Adyar and other Chennai areas to face five hour power cut on Wednesday

Electricity supply will be temporarily suspended in several parts of Chennai, including Adyar, on Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The five-hour power outage is scheduled to facilitate essential maintenance work by electricity authorities.

In the Adyar neighbourhood, the power shutdown will impact residents and commercial establishments located along Gandhi Nagar 1st to 3rd Main Road.

Several other neighbourhoods across Chennai will also experience the temporary loss of electricity during these hours. In Kovilambakkam, the affected areas include Om Sakthi Nagar, Subhiksha Avenue, Susila Nagar, Periyar Salai, Vadakkupattu Main Road, Thiruvengadam Nagar, Tiruvallur Street, Navins, Vishranthi, Selvaganapathy Nagar, and Sathya Nagar.

In Ramapuram, the shutdown will affect Royala Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Kumaran Nagar, Jai Balaji Nagar, Valluvar Salai, GR Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Gangai Avenue, Maanthinayakan Thottam, and Mariamman Koil Street.

In Mugalivakkam, power supply will be turned off in Suresh Nagar, Udaiya Nagar, Gurusamy Nagar, Santosh Nagar, Avalaenchery, Lakshmi Nagar, Othavada theru, AV Mallies, Maxworth Nagar Phase 1, Narayanan Nagar Phase 1 and 2, and Thattankulam.

Pallavaram residents in Malliga Nagar, Hariyan Street, Bharath Nagar, Mariammn Koil Street, Ponniamman Koil Street, Sarojini Street, Officer Lane, and Veteran Lane will also face the outage. In Keelkattalai, the suspension will affect Eswari Nagar, New Colony, Vembuli Amman Koil Street, Chitra Town Ship, Jain Green Acres, Lathif Colony, and Kamarajar Nagar.

Additionally, a large number of areas in Alandur will be affected. These include MKN Road, Alandur Main Road, Railway Station Road, Market Lane, GST Road, Easwaran Koil Street, Madurai Street, Karuneegar Street, Erikarai, Adambakkam, Shanthinikathan Apartments, Mahalakshmi Apartments, Grove Apartments, Masthan Gori Apartments, Thiruvalluvar Main Road, Velachery Road, Ponniamman Koil Street, Muthaiyal Reddy Street, Kuppusamy Colony, Office Colony, Kakkan Nagar, NGO Colony, SBI Colony, Mannadiamman, Pazhaniamman Koil Street, Race Course Area, Ambedkar Nagar, and Maduvankarai.

The scheduled maintenance is expected to be completed within the five-hour window, after which power supply will be restored to the affected areas.