Bengaluru, June 24 -- Karnataka's key digital governance platforms, including Seva Sindhu and several other government portals, will remain offline for 24 hours later this week as the state undertakes a major infrastructure upgrade at its State Data Centre (SDC), officials said on Wednesday.

According to the authorities, all services linked to the SDC will be suspended from 9 pm on June 25 to 9 pm on June 26 to facilitate critical maintenance work involving the upgrade of the centre's UPS and battery systems.

Principal Secretary Pankaj Kumar Pandey said the shutdown is necessary to replace the existing UPS infrastructure, which has been in use for nearly 14 years, with modern lithium-ion battery-based systems aimed at improving efficiency...