Parts of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane are likely to see power cuts for the next 48 hours as repair works on the Kalwa-Talegaon line – one of the four main transmission lines that supply power to Mumbai and its adjoining areas and which tripped on Monday leading to power outage in the city – will take two more days, officials from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) said on Tuesday.
Millions were inconvenienced on Monday as the outage due to grid failure brought the city to a standstill. While the Kalwa-Talegaon line snapped on Saturday, the Kalwa-Padghe line-1 tripped on Monday morning leading to excess load on the Kalwa-Padghe line-2, which tripped at 9.58am. Electricity supply was restored in the eastern suburbs, Navi Mumbai and Thane only after midnight, while several consumers also complained of repeated power cuts in their locality. CM Uddhav Thackeray ordered a probe into the incident, even as experts stressed the need to augment Mumbai’s power capacity.
