Power outage in Mumbai: Power outage reported in parts of the city; Grid failure at Tata Power is to blame, officials say

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Several parts of Mumbai suffered a blackout on Monday morning, and several people took to Twitter to complain about the electricity problem.

A statement from the BEST electricity reading:

Power supply is interrupted due to incoming power failure from TATA.
The inconvenience is sorry.

– BEST Electricity (@myBESTElectric) October 12, 2020

The disaster control room run by the city’s civic body said there has been a “central Tata Power failure in Kalwa,” and it will take up to an hour to restore power.

In a video statement, Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said that maintenance work was being carried out on the 400 kv Kalwa-Padgha center of the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company when the technical failure occurred in circuit number 2, which was taking all the load at the time.

“A large part of Mumbai and Thane has been affected because of this, power will be restored in 30-45 minutes,” he said.

“In view of the interruption in traction power at 10.05 am due to a failure in the Tata Power company network, services between Churchgate and Borivili are suspended. It will resume as soon as the traction power supply is restored, ”Western Railway tweeted.

Central Railway officials also called it a “network failure” that resulted in a disruption of services.

“The power supply is interrupted due to the failure of the incoming power supply from TATA,” said BEST.

Tata Power officials were not immediately available for comment.

Another riot official also said that this is a grid failure and that efforts are underway to restore power supply as soon as possible with the help of the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company and the Power Grid Corporation.

Local trains, which are called the lifeline of the megalopolis with more than 70 lakh commuters daily, currently transport only essential employees to workplaces.

Power outages were also reported in suburbs such as Thane, Panvel, Dombivili and Kalyan.

A blackout left local train commuters stranded in Mumbai. News18 Lokmat

BSE and NSE, the oldest and largest exchanges, respectively, which are based in the city, also reported power outages, but added that their operations are continuing normally.

A spokesperson for Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport said operations are normal.

BMC Commissioner IS Chahal directed the hospitals to contact their respective SWM TRANSPORTATION GARAGE officers to obtain sufficient diesel supply for at least eight hours so that there are no power outages in the hospitals, especially in the ICU.
According to News18 Lokmat, there have been multiple trips of lines and transformers (Kalwa-padghe and Khargar ICTs) supplying power to the Mumbai system. A total supply of 360 MW in Mumbai and the suburbs is said to be affected. Restoration work is in progress.

A similar blackout was observed in 2014, when many parts of Mumbai faced power outages for several hours after a unit from Tata Power’s Trombay plant went off.

With PTI inputs