Electricity supply to be shut down for 8 hours at these places in valley on Saturday

KATHMANDU: The electricity being supplied from the substation of Nepal Electricity Authority at Teku is going to be stopped.

Electricity will be affected in various places of Kathmandu and Lalitpur tomorrow from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

According to the Nepal Electricity Authority, work is being done to upgrade the Teku substation and charge the Teku-Suchatar 66 kV line to 132 kV.

To complete the construction of the first phase of the substation, the existing incomer-1 panel and one of the two power transformers of the Teku substation have to be shut down, so the electricity service will be affected in the various feeds being supplied from the Teku substation.