Poor upkeep causes snags in feeders, sparks long outages in Haryana

Poor maintenance of 11 kVA electricity feeders caused major transformers to fail at 66 kVA substations in Gurgaon and Faridabad, leading to unscheduled power cuts, according to HVPNL. Two transformers worth Rs 5 crore were damaged. HVPNL urged DHBVN to draft SOPs for maintenance, and officials are investigating the failures for disciplinary actions.