Mumbai power outage due to human error, no proof of Chinese role: Power Minister RK Singh

Union Power Minister RK Singh on Tuesday said that the massive grid failure, which hit Mumbai and surrounding areas on 12 October last year, was “caused by human error and not due to cyber attack”.

“There is no evidence to prove that the October 2020 electricity blackout in Mumbai was caused by a cyberattack perpetrated by China or Pakistan,” Singh said quoting an investigation report on the blackout.

The Union Power Minister added, “Some people say that the group behind the attacks is Chinese but we don’t have evidence. China will definitely deny it.”