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Though authorities in Odisha so far restored power in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack the problem was yet to be sorted out in seven districts of the state.
Gupta said, "We are contacting the Eastern regional load dispatch centre. Power is likely to be restored gradually. We are keeping a watch on the situation which may partly improve by the evening. But, total restoration will take some time".
"We are restarting generation at the state-owned Bandel and Kolaghat power plants," he said, but it would take some more time to restart power in other plants.
Train services were halted on Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda, Adra, Chakradharpur, Ranchi and Kharagpur divisions of Eastern and South Eastern railways. Gupta said that it would take some time to restore power supply to trains.