Bengaluru to face major power cuts on December 23; Over 80 areas affected

Emergency repair work by KPTCL will disrupt electricity supply across south, west and north Bengaluru during working hours, with additional BESCOM outages planned from December 25 to 28.

More than 80 neighbourhoods across south, west and north Bengaluru will experience a planned power outage on Tuesday, December 23, as the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) undertakes emergency repair and maintenance work on key transmission lines and substations.

According to KPTCL officials, electricity supply will be interrupted at different intervals between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm, impacting residential areas, offices, technology parks and industrial units during peak working hours. The shutdown has been described as essential to address urgent technical faults and strengthen the grid to prevent major failures during high-demand periods.

Officials said power will be restored once the work is completed, though minor delays may occur in some locations.

Large parts of south and west Bengaluru will remain without power from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The affected areas include Konanakunte, Talaghattapura, Doddakallasandra, Srinidhi Layout, Avalahalli, Raghuvanahalli, Gubbalala, Kuvempunagar, V V Nagar and Layout, Balaji Layout, Royal Farm and Arehalli.

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Additional localities facing outages are Ittamadu, AGS Layout, Chikkalasandra, T G Layout, Bhuvaneshwari Nagar, ISRO Layout, Kumaraswamy Layout, Vitthal Nagar, Vikram Nagar, Yelachenahalli, Kadirenahalli and areas around Abbaiah Naidu Studio. These zones include dense residential clusters, schools, apartments and small businesses, and are expected to see a complete power shutdown during the outage window.

Parts of north Bengaluru, including Hebbal and Kempapura, will face power cuts mainly between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm. Areas listed include Manyata Residency, BTS Layout, Godrej Apartments, Hebbal, Kempapura, Vinayaka Layout, Chiranjeevi Layout, Venkatagowda Layout, Rachenahalli, Srirampura, Chamundeshwari Layout, Royal Enclave, Maistry Palya, Thanisandra, SNN Clermont, Karle Town Centre, Mantri Lithos, Coffee Board Layout, Mariannapalya and Brigade Caladium.

Several major office campuses and tech hubs in this belt will also be affected, including Fidelity, Philips, IBM Blocks D1 to D4, Nokia L5, Siemens L6, MFAR, JNC and Madhuvana M2 Block. Offices without adequate generator backup may face disruptions to lifts, air-conditioning and computer systems.

The longest outage, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, is scheduled in EPIP Layout and nearby industrial and technology zones. Affected areas include L&T, Ragihalli Siddapura Gate, EPIP Layout, TCS Software Campus, SJR Tech Park, VSNL feeder areas, Reliance Big Bazaar area, Oriental Hotel, Airtel facilities, Bushra Tech Park, Gopalan Enterprises, Sada Tech Park, Qualcomm, GE BE Company, Bagmane Neon Block and the wider EPIP Industrial Area.

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Companies in these zones are expected to rely heavily on backup power systems. Industrial units and offices without sufficient backup may need to adjust work schedules to minimise disruption.

In addition to the December 23 outage, BESCOM has announced daytime power cuts from December 25 to 28, 2025. Electricity supply will be switched off daily from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm in several neighbourhoods of the Attibele and Anekal zones as part of a four-day maintenance programme.