The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) announced a five-hour power shutdown on August 21 (Friday) in certain parts of the city. According to TANGEDCO, power supply will be suspended from 9 am to 2 pm due to maintenance works to be carried out on Friday. Power will be restored before 2 pm if the works get completed earlier, the release said.
Here is the list of areas that will be affected by the power shutdown on August 21:
Velachery East:
Part of 100 feet Taramani link road, Mahatma Gandhi nagar, Thamirabharani street, Anna nagar, New colony.
Velachery West and Central:
Part of 100 feet Bye pass road, Devi Karumariamman nagar, Bhel Sakthi nagar, Officer colony, Selliamman nagar, Maheswari nagar.
Neelankarai:
Pandian salai, Surya garden, Kumaraguru Avenue, Sivan koil street, Ellaiamman koil street, Sengeni amman koil street, ECR – Liberty company to Police station, Anna nagar 1 st to 4 th street, Saraswathi nagar (South and North).
Injambakkam:
Prarthana Theatre and Road, Anna Enclave, Royal Enclave, Swastik Avenue, ECR part, Saibaba koil road.
Thiruvanmiyur:
Indira Nagar - 21 st to 25 th cross street, 3 rd and 4 th main road, 3 rd and 4 th Avenue, 3 rd cross street, 17 th and 18 th cross street, 28 th and 29 th cross street, 15 th lane and CPW Quarters.
Tamil Nadu, as of Thursday, has 53,283 active cases of COVID-19 in the state. On Thursday, the state reported almost 6,000 new patients with the infection and 116 deaths due to the disease. Tamil Nadu also tested a little over 75,000 samples on Thursday alone, taking the total number of samples tested for novel coronavirus in the state till date to 39,88,599. A total of 3.01 lakh patients have recovered from COVID-19 in the state of which 5,742 were discharged on Thursday. The total number of persons who have died due to COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu as of Thursday stood at 6,239.