Power restored at Mantralaya building in Mumbai after brief outage

A power outage was reported in Mantralaya, the administrative headquarters of the Maharashtra government in Mumbai, just before noon on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) said, noting that its engineers restored the power supply in just seven minutes.

“The power supply to Mantralaya, Foreshore Road and Maharshi Karve Road was affected at 11:55 am due to a fault in the feeder. BEST’s engineers and technicians restored the power supply in just seven minutes,” said Manoj Varade, PRO, BEST.

Built in 1955, and located in south Mumbai, Mantralaya is a seven-storeyed building which houses offices of most of the departments of the government of Maharashtra. The office of the chief minister, currently Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, is on the sixth floor of the building.