Fire plunges half of Nagaland into power outage for 24 hours

Kohima: Almost half of Nagaland, including state capital Kohima, reeled under darkness for 24 hours before power supply was restored today evening. Of the 11 districts of the state, power supply to five—Kohima, Wokha, Phek, Kiphire and Tuensang—had been affected on Friday due to collapse of a transmission pylon of Dimapur-Kohima 132 KV transmission line at 6th Mile in a petrol pump fire, a power department release said today.[caption id=“attachment_1027731” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] No power supply. Reuters[/caption] Though supply was restored on the same night using an alternative 132 KV transmission line through Imphal-Karong- Kohima line, it broke down again last evening resulting in the five districts experiencing black-outs. Finally, the supply was restored in those districts at around 6pm today, power department sources said. Power supply in Dimapur improved today morning but other districts had to bear with the power cut till the evening. PTI