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Bokaro :Sseveral trees and plants in Bokaro and Chas got uprooted due to heavy rainfall since Wednesday late evening followed by storm damaging electrical poles and electrical wires leading to power crisis in Bokaro steel city and Chas for more than 18 hours.
Several trees and plants along with electrical poles and wires were uprooted in sector IV, sector IX, sector VI, sector III, sector I and also all along National Highway 23 main road in a stretch of more than 15 km right from Jaina Mor to Telmachho bridge under Chas sub-division up toDhanbad border. Bokaro steel plant sources said Bokaro steel city has witnessed 28 mm rainfall.
As big trees and their branches fell on electrical wires passing through these two township at several places, power department staff took several hours to rectify the faults. Posh Cooperative colony of Bokaro steel city also experienced power crisis till noon on August 19.