Power outage in parts of Mangaluru on May 17
Mangaluru: Parts of the city that are under the limits of the Pachanady and Adyar feeders as well as the Gurupura power station are expected to experience power outages on Saturday, May 17.
Power supply will be affected in areas under the 11 kV Pachanady feeder, including Vaidyanathanagara, Shivanagara, Edurupadavu, Pilikula and Moodushedde, from 10 am to 5 pm, The Hindu reports.
Areas under the kV Adyar feeder, including Adyar, Valachhil, Arkula, Mermajalu and Merlapadavu, will be affected between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Power outages are also expected in areas under the 110/11 kV Gurupura power station on Saturday. Places like Kaikamba, Ganjimutt, Kukkatte, Oddoor, Kuppepadavu, Cordel, Margadangadi and Bellecharu that get power from the four 11 kV feeders, Kaikamba, Kukkatte, Kuppepadavu and Muchhur, will face power failure from 10 am to 5.30 pm.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
