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Farmers in Mallareddypet, Gambhiraopet mandal, face fresh trouble as floods damaged electricity poles, leaving fields without power. With restoration delayed, they are hiring costly generators to irrigate standing crops, adding to woes already worsened by a shortage of urea

Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary K Vijayanand directed power utilities to remain vigilant after the IMD issued a red alert for heavy rainfall. He ordered rapid response teams, stocked equipment, and safety measures, especially near Ganesh festival marquees, to ensure uninterrupted supply and public safety

Following heavy rains and strong gales that uprooted trees, damaged standing crops, and snapped power lines, Tatepally village faced a power outage for three consecutive days. Despite lodging complaints with the electricity department, the issue remained unresolved. In response, the villagers pooled in donations to arrange a diesel generator.

Holding placards, the farmers raised slogans and charged that since last a few days there was disruption in power supply

In case of feeder breakdown, centralised staff should rectify faults and restore normal power supply immediately, says Energy Principal Secretary

Several schools across State continue to receive power bills, raising questions about the government's commitment to its decision

According to a statement issued by the TGTRANSCO on Thursday, it said Grid India was planning to conduct a mock exercise on December 28 to prepare for any emergency that involves restoration of power supply in the event of total failure of power supply in all the states of Southern Region

Responding to the statement, Roads and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy accused the BRS government of providing electricity for only 11 to 14 hours a day. He further claimed that the supply was interrupted five to six times daily and stated that he had personally verified the logbooks at the substations to confirm this.

Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) has undertaken a massive exercise to meet the increasing demand for power supply during the upcoming summer season.

Nothing big happened to change their destiny. Just one change in government. From the BRS, the Congress took over, and the downslide of farmers’ fortunes began.

The DISCOMs have reportedly decided to undertake modernization and expansion works worth over Rs. 15,000 crore to meet the increasing demand of electricity in the State

Due to strong winds and heavy rain, electric poles and trees were uprooted and transformers, fuse/switch boxes were damaged across the State

Farm labourers had a narrow escape when the tractor in which they were travelling got stuck in the canal

The Greater Hyderabad region will likely witness a substantial increase in power demand in the coming days as several multinational companies show interest in investing in Hyderabad, says Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.

The Deputy Chief Minister said power utilities should be ready to attend to all emergencies during the rainy season and restore power supply as soon as possible.

While the operation theatres and other vital ICU recovery wards had generator and battery back-up, there were several other sections in the hospital that struggled during the interruption.

The shutdown of the Bhadradri and Kothagudem Thermal Power Stations would not affect power supply with the State having sufficient power to meet the daily demand, officials of the energy department claimed on Tuesday.

The ZP general body meeting was held under the chair of ZP chairperson Dava Vasantha here on Wednesday. While explaining about the action plan of the electricity department, Transco SE Satyanarayana said that the State government was supplying 24 hours quality power.

In a statement Varun Reddy said last year between January and May, there were 10,558 hours of outages, while this year the outages came down to 7262 hours. "We have been able to reduce the time period of outages by 3,296 hours, an decrease of 31. 22 percent,"he said.

The government added about 8.17 lakh new agriculture connections after the formation of Telangana.