Power supply was affected across over half of Gujarat villages due to Cyclone Tauktae

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has over 18,000 villages. 9543 or over half of them were without power due to Tauktae cyclone’s landfall on May 17-18. As per a report released this morning by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL), a Gujarat government arm responsible for power supply, power supply has been rectified in 4952 villages. As many as over 73,000 electricity poles, over 41,000 transformers and over 7600 feeders were affected due to Tauktae cyclone, throwing a huge challenge to the State government. 100s of teams under power department are working day and night to restore power. The operation is so massive that many villages are without power even after 28 hours and more.  DeshGujarat

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