Chandigarh January 23(WISHAVWARTA )-Due to widespread rain accompanied with strong wind across state of Punjab, electricity supply was effected in many parts of the state. Main reason for outages was uprooted trees fell on electric lines leading to broken poles and trasformer structures.
An official spokesperson of Power department said that an under construction transmission tower fell on Banur Bhabat 66 KV line leading to major distruption in Zirakpur area. As per reports received around 600 plus poles were reported broken in State along with major damage to distribution transformers. PSPCL staff worked throughout the day in difficult conditions to restore supply.
