# Sri Vijaya Puram faces power cuts for feeder and pipeline repairs

2026-11-15T09:26:46+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 1 independent outlet
Outlets counted: thewaveandaman.com

Residents and businesses across parts of Sri Vijaya Puram faced scheduled power cuts on Saturday, 14 November, as the Electricity Department undertook feeder maintenance and shut down underground cables to allow urgent repairs to a water pipeline. The first shutdown, from 7.30 am to 11 am, covered the Garacharma and Prothrapur feeders for maintenance of 11 KV air-break switches. Affected areas included Garacharma, Prothrapur, Lamba Line, Dairy Farm and the Airport area. A separate shutdown from 7 am to 1 pm affected the School Line Tie and Airport feeders. The Electricity Department shut down 11 KV and 33 KV cables to let the APWD Public Health Engineering Department repair two leakage points in a 500-mm-diameter cast-iron pumping line. The department said timings were tentative and supply could be restored earlier if work finished ahead of schedule.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The power cuts force thousands of residents across Garacharma, Prothrapur, Lamba Line and other areas to plan around a six-hour outage on a Saturday. The shutdown is driven by two separate needs: routine switch maintenance and emergency pipeline repairs by the APWD. The Electricity Department leaves the door open for earlier restoration if work is completed faster, but weather could also extend the timings. Residents are directed to the department's website and toll-free helpline for updates and complaints.

## Coverage

- thewaveandaman.com <https://thewaveandaman.com/power-shutdown-sri-vijaya-puram-november-14/>
  Straight notice of scheduled maintenance, no slant

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Gate decision: carve_out (pass: utility (civic_service, civic:power cuts), qualifying outlets 1, relevance 6)
Utility kind: civic_service (civic:power cuts)
Freshness: pass (fresh: newest qualifying source 2026-11-14 04:11Z (feed), 29.3 h old)
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