MUMBAI: Mumbai faced a major power outage with no electricity in most areas of the finance capital for over an hour. The power supply of areas such as Byculla, Wadala, Sion among others got disconnected on Sunday at around 9.49 am and restored by 10.53 am.
Train services were also affected owing to no electricity supply.
This is the first major power outage in Mumbai since October 2020 when it took two hours for the power supply to resume for essential services and other pockets started getting power in a phase-wise manner.
According to the state load dispatch centre (SLDC), Trombay station was isolated due to 220kv line tripping. The power supply is being restored. “Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) line from Kalwa to Trombay got tripped causing tripping of Trombay Salsette 1 on overload, thus causing tripping of Trombay generators and affecting South Mumbai system. Load restoration in process will be done in 10 minutes,” the officials said.
