Distribution glitch leads to power failure, water supply to be hit today
MANY AREAS of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Kalyan Dombivali, Palghar, Vasai Virar, Ambernath, Kulgaon, and Badlapur suffered power failure on Tuesday morning due to a glitch at the state electricity distribution centre at Padgha in Thane district.
Anil Kolap, director (operations) of the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) told The Indian Express, “A porcelain isolator support insulator failure of 400 KV High Voltage Direct Current flashed. We had replaced this one in February…It was replaced immediately and we restored power supply in 65 minutes.”
Kolap added that eight lines had tripped at Padgha.
