Despite massive efforts by the State government, total power restoration is likely to be completed in Bhubaneswar only by May 15. The extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ has damaged 75 high power transmission towers while 84,000 km low tension power lines have been found either broken or sagging. Of the two lakh, one lakh will have to be replaced completely while another one lakh are repairable. By Thursday, 61,000 power consumers have been provided electricity which is about 32% of the total consumers. The Energy Secretary said the target was to restore power inside Bhubaneswar by May 12.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2019 17:03 UTC