Over 3 lakh consumers in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad face 12-hour power outage

More than three lakh consumers in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad faced a 12-hour power outage which began late evening Thursday and continued into the next morning when power was finally restored. Not only could those facing the outage not sleep the night of Thursday due to the extreme heat, water supply and other essential services too were disrupted due to it.

Dipti Navale, a resident of Wagholi, recalled, “It was a horrible experience on Thursday night. There was a water cut on Thursday and late evening, we faced a power cut as well. We thought the power would resume after some time. But my husband received a message on WhatsApp saying it would be restored at 10.30 pm. The power was restored only at 2.30 am. We could not sleep at all.”