A feeder fault has caused power cuts in parts of Bengaluru today, an issue of note for businesses operating in and around the city’s tech corridor.

Kodichikanahalli is affected from 6:30 am to 10 am, while Mangamanapalya and Devarachikkanahalli face outages from 6 am to 10 am, according to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company.

BESCOM traced the fault to the 66/11KV HSR MUSS F2 feeder, which tripped and requires restoration work before normal supply resumes.

Separately, scheduled maintenance outages are planned today in Konappana Agrahara and Electronic City, a locality home to numerous IT and business parks, running from 6 am to 10 am.

A further outage under the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction covers Halehalli, Maragondanahalli, Kalkere Road, Byrathi Village, Kanakashree Layout and Atma Vidya Nagar.

Businesses and residents in the affected areas have been advised to arrange backup power where possible and plan operations around the outage windows.

BESCOM has asked those affected to track its official notices, noting the HSR feeder issue is an unplanned fault rather than scheduled maintenance, which could affect restoration timing for businesses reliant on continuous power.

BESCOM supplies electricity across Bengaluru and several surrounding districts, and routinely carries out both planned maintenance outages and unplanned fault repairs, with residents typically notified through the utility’s website, mobile app and local announcements.

The HSR MUSS feeder in question forms part of the network serving the HSR Layout area and neighbouring localities, and faults on such feeders can affect multiple connected substations simultaneously, as has been the case with today’s disruption.

Electronic City, one of the areas affected by today’s separate scheduled maintenance, is home to a large concentration of IT and business parks, meaning outages there can have a wider impact on office operations than in purely residential localities.

BESCOM has previously said that scheduled maintenance outages, of the kind affecting Konappana Agrahara and the Puravankara Substation jurisdiction today, are aimed at upgrading ageing infrastructure and reducing the frequency of unplanned faults over the longer term.

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