Bhagalpur: 17 towers of 1.32 lakh volts fell in the storm, electricity is being supplied from Banka

May 21, 2022

Bhagalpur: 17 towers of 1.32 lakh volts fell in the storm, electricity is being supplied from Banka

17 towers of one lakh 32 thousand volt transmission line have fallen in the storm which came on Thursday. These include 4 towers between Sabour to Kahalgaon, 7 towers between Kahalgaon to Goradih and 6 towers between Sultanganj to Haveli Kharagpur. It may take up to seven days to repair all the towers. The removal work of the tower has started on Friday.

Electricity is being supplied to Bhagalpur by taking electricity from Banka

Here, electricity is being supplied from Banka to the city. Alternate source The city is getting electricity from the transmission line of Banka. Power sub-stations were being given power to supply up to 85 MW in the city late Friday evening. Here, it is being told that the places where the tower has fallen, the tower will be erected again. At present, the Sabour and Sultanganj grids are getting electricity from Banka Power Grid.

Burari Power Sub Station: Mainline breakdown occurred four times in an hour

After the Burari power sub-station was closed for the whole night, the power was turned on at 3 o'clock, then within an hour of it four mainline breakdowns took place. Power failed at 3.05 pm on Thursday night, then after eight minutes it was somehow started. But, after exactly 23 minutes this line failed again. The line was started at 3.45 in the morning, then within five minutes the power stopped. The power was turned on at 4.08 in the morning and did not last even 20 minutes. The line failed at 4.28 am. This time the power of the power sub-station failed for 3.37 hours. Electricity could be started at 8.05 am.

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BIHAR

Heavy rain warning in Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, and Darbhanga, and the possibility of a thunderstorm in 18 districts today

Riddhi Singh

Jun 27, 2022

Heavy rain warning in Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, and Darbhanga, and the possibility of a thunderstorm in 18 districts today

There is a possibility of rain in all the districts of Bihar today. Moderate to heavy rainfall may occur in some districts. Today there is a warning of heavy rain in four districts of North Bihar, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, and Darbhanga. Also, there is a possibility of thunderstorms in 18 districts. An appeal has been made to the people of these districts to be careful regarding this. On Sunday, only seven districts of Bihar received rain.

The 18 districts of North Bihar and South Bihar where thunderstorms and moderate rainfall are likely are East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Buxar, Bhabua, Rohtas, Aurangabad, and Arwal are included. There is a possibility of thunderstorms with rain in all the areas of these districts.

On the other hand, light or moderate rainfall may occur at most places of Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Madhepura, and Saharsa in Northeast Bihar. Light rain and lightning are likely to occur at one or two places in 13 districts of south-central and southeast Bihar. These districts include Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, Nawada, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Bhagalpur, Munger, Banka, Jamui and Khagaria.

Most rain in Kishanganj

On Sunday, Kishanganj received the highest rainfall of 14.4 mm. Light rain has occurred at one or two places of Purnia, Katihar, Araria, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, and Begusarai. The highest temperature on Sunday was 37.8 degrees Celsius in Buxar. Aurangabad was in second place where the temperature was recorded at 37.7 degrees. The average temperature in all the districts including Patna, and Gaya was between 34 and 37 degrees. The lowest temperature was recorded in Saharsa at 32.5 degrees Celsius.

people will get relief from the heat

According to the Meteorological Center Patna, the flow of east and southeast wind remains up to 1.5 km above the surface in the whole of Bihar. Its speed is about eight to 10 kilometers per hour. Simultaneously, an East-West trough is passing from the cyclonic circulation area formed over North-West Rajasthan to the Bay of Central West Bengal at 1.5 km above sea level through East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and South Odisha. With the rains, people will get relief from the heat.

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