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The Hindu e-Paper for December 5, 2025, includes various features covering Indian and global affairs, cinema, technology, science, health, and books. A specific article details a planned power outage in East Bengaluru on Saturday, December 6, from 9 AM to 5 PM. This outage is due to essential maintenance and infrastructure work being conducted by BESCOM. The article lists the affected areas within East Bengaluru.

News Article:

East Bengaluru Residents Brace for Saturday Power Outage

Bengaluru, December 5, 2025 – Residents of East Bengaluru are advised to prepare for a scheduled power outage tomorrow, Saturday, December 6, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) will be conducting essential maintenance and infrastructure upgrades during this period.

BESCOM stated the shutdown is necessary to facilitate the erection of a 6T3 gantry, installation of 66 kV underhung isolators, and other underground cable termination structure work at the 66/11 kV Kadugodi MUSS.

The power outage will affect the following areas: Belathur, Kumbena Agrahara, Patalamma Layout, VSR Layout, Kadugodi, Channasandra, Shankarpura, Siddartha Layout, Immadihalli, Kaithota, Dinnur, G.K. Layout, Maithri Layout, Nagondanahalli, Nagaraj Layout, Dommara Palya, Prashanth Layout, Upkar Layout, Prithvi Layout, Swami Vivekananda Road, Whitefield Main Road, ECC Road, Naidu Layout, Karumariamman Temple Street, Rustumji Layout, and Ambedkar Nagara.

BESCOM apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the planned outage and assures residents that the maintenance work is essential to ensure the reliability of the power supply in the long term.

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