Archive · 26 May 2025
Delhi Power Outages After Storm Causes Widespread Disruption
A big storm with lots of rain hit Delhi late Saturday.
This caused problems for the power lines, like trees falling on them.
Many places in Delhi lost power.
Repair teams worked hard to fix the issues, but some areas had to wait for the water to go down first.
They also turned off power in some places to keep people safe.
The government told the power companies to get ready for more storms, so they could fix the power quickly.
A thunderstorm caused widespread power outages across Delhi.
Heavy rainfall and fallen trees damaged the power infrastructure.
Long outages were reported in multiple localities.
Operations and maintenance teams worked to restore power.
Damage included broken poles and damaged transformers.
- Who
- Residents of Delhi
- What
- Widespread power outages
- When
- Late Saturday night
- Where
- Delhi
- Why
- A thunderstorm caused damage to power infrastructure.
- Affected Areas
- Mundka, Jaffarpur, Hari Nagar, Madipur, Tagore Garden, Chattarpur, Pitampura, Rohini, Model Town, Mukherjee Nagar, Timarpur, Mayapuri, Sangam Vihar, Nand Nagri, Karawal Nagar, Ram Nagar, Bara Hindu Rao, Trilok Puri, Bawana, Ghogha Village, Sector 25 Rohini, DSIIDC Narela, Sultanpuri, Sector 22 Rohini, Karala, Badli, Siraspur, Avantika, Mangolpuri, RU Block Pitampura, Rithala Village, NIA Phase-1 Naraina, Kailash Enclave (Rani Bagh), Rampura, Inderpuri, Pooth Village
- Cause of Outages
- Heavy rainfall, fallen trees on electrical cables
- Damages
- Broken electric poles, damaged transformers and substations
- Response
- Quick response teams deployed for restoration