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- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay inspected the Chennai Electricity Board on September 23, 2026.
- Vijay ordered officials to guarantee uninterrupted power and promptly fix outages, voltage drops, and damaged poles.
- Minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar announced field officers could hire up to 18,000 contract workers for rapid repairs.
- The five-year plan calls for about 600 new substations and up to 6,000 transformer upgrades.
