Stating that the power supply to Mumbai has been fully restored, Maharashtra energy minister Nitin Raut on Tuesday expressed the possibility of flaws and failures in following protocol at administrative level during Monday’s power outage. Besides the probe into the power failure, the minister said they were checking if there was any sabotage attempt. Excerpts from an interview with HT:
Some parts of MMR are still facing power cuts. Why has the government not been able to fully restore power supply?
Mumbai’s peak hour requirement is 2700MW, which has been fulfilled now and the electricity supply has fully been restored. A few areas may be still facing outage because of the repair and maintenance works by private companies. Our officers have been constantly monitoring the situation. We restored the electricity in a record time of 3.5 hours, which otherwise would have required 8 hours.
