No power supply in several parts of Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Many parts in Bengaluru will witness power cuts on Friday and Saturday. According to the reports, there will be no power supply in Vivekananda Nagar, Srinivasanagar, Kathriguppe East, CK Achukattu, Kathriguppe Main Road, ITI Layout, Vidyapeeta Circle and surrounding areas, from 10 am to 5.30 pm on Friday and on Saturday, Hosakerehalli, Mookambika Nagar 7th Block, Banashankari Stage 3, Venkatappa Layout, Dattatreya Nagar and surrounding areas will not have power supply from 10 am to 5.30 pm due to heavy rains triggered by Nivar cyclone.

Nivar it is expected to move towards the northwest and then weaken into a cyclonic storm in the districts of south interior Karnataka, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD has issued an yellow alert in Bengaluru urban and rural areas, as well as other districts like Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Tumakuru, Mandya and Ramanagara districts for three days, from November 26 to November 28.

According to CS Patil, IMD director, south-interior Karnataka is likely to experience light to moderate scattered rainfall till Friday, and isolated rainfall on Friday and Saturday.

The reports from meteorological department said Puducherry received the highest rainfall of 30 cm, followed by Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu with 27 cm. Nagapattinam recorded 6.3 cm rainfall, Karaikal 9.6 cm and Chennai 11.3 cm.