Hit by outage, Mumbai’s power supply now restored

Power outages were reported in several parts of the financial capital of Mumbai for nearly an hour on Sunday morning because of a grid tripping. The grid failure also briefly affected suburban train services.

Power supply to the affected areas, was, however, restored in an hour’s time.

Local train services on Western Railways (WR) were affected between Churchgate and Andheri, however, trains on the Central Railways (CR) were functioning as normal.

After being alerted on the the power tripping, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and BrihanMumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) immediately got to work.

According to Mumbai’s Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, the power went out in some parts of Mumbai and neighboring areas.