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“But it might extend or cut short based on the condition prevailing at the cyclone-hit districts,” he told TOI.“We have retained only the minimum staff in Coimbatore to attend to grievances and emergency work. Coimbatore: Over 200 employees of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) from the Coimbatore zone were sent to the cyclone-hit areas across Tamil Nadu to restore power.“While over 60 staff were sent from the metro cycle, 50 each were sent from the north and south circle of the division. Exclusive works will be resumed only after the staff return,” the official added. Most of them are sent to Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts,” a TNEB official said.“Twenty of them are engineers and the rest are field staff, who are in demand to carry out restoration work,” the official said, adding that they were sent on deputation for a week..