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North Andhra Power Restored After Deep Depression Havoc, Officials Confirm Swift Action
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News18•25-09-2026, 21:15
North Andhra Power Restored After Deep Depression Havoc, Officials Confirm Swift Action
- •A deep depression severely impacted electricity infrastructure in North Andhra, affecting Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, and parts of East Godavari districts.
- •Sustained gale winds up to 75 kmph and torrential rain caused widespread damage, including 139 sub-stations, 121 33-kV feeders, and 654 11-kV feeders.
- •The Andhra Pradesh government mobilized field teams with pre-positioned materials, restoring all affected sub-stations and most 11-kV feeders by September 24.
- •Power supply was restored to over one lakh non-agricultural consumers and 63,051 agricultural connections, with work ongoing in severely waterlogged areas.
- •Disaster preparedness and rapid engineering interventions helped avert major damage to the state's Extra High Tension (EHT) network, despite floodwaters inundating a 132-kV sub-station in Visakhapatnam.
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Torrential rain and gale winds of up to 75 kmph damaged 139 sub-stations, hundreds of feeders and poles, and 306 distribution transformers across 36 mandals and 2,244 villages in North Andhra.
Palasa in Srikakulam district recorded the highest rainfall of 14 cm, with other heavy rain spots including Sompeta, Kalingapatnam, Tekkali, Araku Valley, and Visakhapatnam.
Engineering crews immediately deployed heavy-duty dewatering systems to pump out floodwaters, while APTRANSCO established alternate grid-routing arrangements to maintain power supply.
