Falling trees took out 18 feeders during dust storm

GURGAON: Power discom DHBVN, after taking stock of breakdowns from Tuesday`s dust storms, claimed there were only 52 feeder breakdowns. However of these, 18 feeders had broken down after trees fell on electric lines. Another eight feeders broke down due to damages in the cables.

According to the list prepared by DHBVN of feeders that broke down on Tuesday, 18 feeders, including Mohmmadpur, Silokhra, Sector 32,Sector 37(1), Sector 21 and Baliyawas, broke down as a result of trees falling over transmission lines and broken poles. Supply on these feeders was affected for two to seven hours. Four feeders in Manesar alone reported outages for six to nine hours due to technical glitches.

The discom report stated that several AB cables connected to feeders were damaged in the dust storm. Cable damages on an independent feeder and a domestic feeder in Manesar subdivision also resulted in no power supply in the area for 18 hours. Circuit breaks in Tikli, Sarla Holding, Toyota feeders, among others, res…