Irked by unscheduled power cuts, farmers stormed the sub-station at Syampet here on Friday.
The farmers demanded that the unscheduled power cuts be done away with. They also damaged office furniture. Police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. A few agitating farmers were also taken into custody.
Meanwhile, the government has announced power cuts from Friday. It will be 12 hours in rural areas, 8 hours in mandal headquarters, 6 hours in municipalities, 4 hours in district headquarters and 2 hours in prominent cities.
In the limits of greater Hyderabad the power cut will be for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. In district headquarters it will be from 8pm to 1am and 1pm to 3pm. In municipalities it will be from 8am to 11am and from 1am to 4pm. (INN)