Ahead of the Diwali festival, more than two lakh consumers of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad faced load shedding on Saturday for almost an hour and a half as Adani Company’s ultra-high pressure 400 Kilowatt (KV) power line from Shikrapur to Talegaon stopped working due to technical failure.
A press release by Maharashtra State Electrical Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) read, “Adani Company’s operated ultra high voltage 400 kilowatt (kv) line stopped working due to technical failure in the system. After that, the LTS (Load Trimming Scheme) system was activated for load management by Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL). MSETCL shut down the power supply of ultra-high power voltage substations of 132 KV Rahatani, 220 KV Chinchwad, 220 KV Theur, 132 KV Yavat and 220 KV Urse to meet the deficit of about 209 Mega Watts (Mw).”
