VARANASI: Electricity teams checked streetlight poles around Nagwa, inspected the Shivala feeder and carried out substation maintenance at Ayar on Thursday, November 5, 2026, according to separate updates from Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited. The work covered urban and rural supply locations, with the Nagwa checks specifically aimed at detecting leakage current and preventing accidents.
Residents in these areas who still have an electricity problem should use 1912 or their nearest electricity office, the assistance routes given by the utility. Identify the locality and the affected supply point when asking for help. The updates describe work undertaken; they provide no new shutdown hours for Friday, November 6.
A related report published on November 5 describes tree clearance carried out a day earlier near Vidyut Bhavan under the DPH substation. That work and the three November 5 activities concern different locations. Households should use their own area and substation when making an enquiry rather than treating the updates as one citywide interruption.
Where the electricity teams worked
At Nagwa, personnel checked streetlight poles for leakage current in the area served by the 33/11 kV Nagwa substation. The utility identifies the responsible urban electricity distribution division as Chetmani. Its official Nagwa update, published at 7:28 pm IST on November 5, says the checks were intended to prevent potential accidents and support safe supply.
The Nagwa account does not state how many poles were tested or how many defects were found. It therefore confirms a checking exercise, rather than certifying every pole in the locality as safe. The accompanying official photographs show personnel undertaking the work, including a check beside a roadside electrical installation.
At Ayar, line staff replaced a faulty 33 kV component and performed switchyard maintenance at the 33/11 kV substation. This location falls under the Chirai Gaon electricity distribution division. The update links the work to preparations for maintaining supply during the approaching festival period.
The Ayar post was published at 6:45 pm IST on November 5. It directs consumers needing electricity assistance to 1912 or the nearest electricity office. It does not list a feederwise interruption schedule, affected household count or a separate restoration deadline.
At Shivala, staff undertook verification work on the feeder supplied from the 33/11 kV Bhadaini substation under the Bhelupur urban division. The official update, published at 2:41 pm IST on November 5, identifies prevention of sparking, fire and breakdowns as the purpose. It gives no numerical findings from the verification.
The DPH work took place on Wednesday, November 4, under the Madhauli urban division. A round the clock emergency van team cleared tree branches touching overhead lines near the managing director's office at Vidyut Bhavan. Two posts published the following morning describe this clearance. They are accounts of the same work, not evidence of two separate outages.
- Nagwa: leakage current checks on streetlight poles, November 5.
- Shivala: feeder verification through Bhadaini substation, November 5.
- Ayar: replacement of a faulty component and switchyard maintenance, November 5.
- DPH area: overhead line tree clearance near Vidyut Bhavan, November 4.
What residents should do
Keep the complaint reference and date if an unresolved supply problem needs further attention. The utility's existing complaint form for the executive engineer asks for the consumer's name, address, service connection or book number, original complaint number and date, and a brief account of the problem. It also provides for copies of earlier complaints and replies.
The form includes an acknowledgement section with a reference number, receiving officer's name and designation, receipt date and target resolution time. These fields provide a record for following up an individual case. The maintenance posts themselves announce no common deadline for resolving every consumer complaint in the four areas.
Safety advice for the locations being checked
The distributor's standing public safety guidance says to stay away from fallen or low overhead wires and to treat them as live. It also warns against entering substations or fenced electrical enclosures. Residents should report a problem rather than enter the installation to investigate it.
For children, the same guidance advises keeping clear of electrical equipment and trees with power lines through or near their branches. Ladders and other conducting objects should be kept away from lines. These are existing precautions relevant to the pole checks and tree clearance, not a new set of restrictions announced on November 5.
Separate earlier reports cover the November 3 Phulwaria shutdown, water and sewerage project approvals and municipal complaint hearing. Their dates and service areas are separate from these electricity maintenance updates.
