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Strong winds cause 6-hour blackout in Dimapur
Published on Mar 2, 2025
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- NSDMA reports widespread damages by windstorm across Nagaland
- The transmission line damaged by strong winds in Dimapur.
- DIMAPUR — Strong winds on Sunday caused a power outage in some areas of Dimapur, which lasted for more than six hours.
- At around 10 am on Sunday, strong and dusty winds in Dimapur disconnected the power supply across a large section of the Dimapur district.
- According to a source from the Department of Power, the faulty line was discovered on the 33KV line at the Nagarjan substation.
- The department’s linemen were at work to restore power supply to the affected areas.
- The power outage continued for over six hours before it was restored by 4:18 pm.
- Meanwhile, the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) issued a report card of “considerable damages” caused across the state by “an unprecedented windstorm.”
- In a press release, the NSDMA informed that it had received reports of damages from three districts: Kohima, Kiphire, and Noklak.
- In Kohima, the windstorm felled trees, which ended up damaging vehicles parked at Raj Bhavan colony “and caused havoc in some of the VIP quarters in the colony.”
- “Reports have also been received of a wildfire at Forest Colony, Kohima. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), along with all line departments, has been pressed into action to take stock of the situation and to provide safety for the people and properties of the colony.
- “Further, damage reports have also been received from Kiphire and Noklak districts where windstorm has caused household damages in Seyochung and Kiusam circle and Nokyan B Village in Noklak district. Further damage reports from the District Disaster Management Authorities are awaited during the filing of this report,” it stated.
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