The Mumbai traffic police on Monday had to fall back on manual management at various junctions after traffic signals went off for two hours or more due to a power outage across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Officers said that around 4,300 cameras were rendered useless, following which they had to rely on 700 battery-operated cameras to regulate traffic.
A senior police officer said that more than 1,400 personnel were deputed at various junctions on Monday. “Even the personnel who look after administrative work at traffic divisions had to be deputed on the roads. While both heavy and lighter junctions had to be manned, at major junctions, we had to depute three to four men to avoid congestion,” the officer added.
