Around 5,000 people were left without electricity in the Gudermes district of Chechnya due to power cuts at the Gudermes substation on Monday, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Southern Regional Center of the Russian Emergency Ministry.
Remedial work, interrupted by the onset of night time, are scheduled to resume on Tuesday morning. Work should be completed by 4 p.m. (Moscow time).
As reported by the Ministry, heating and water supplies in the houses continue to work normally.
