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Mumbai On Pause After Huge Power Outage

Mumbai power outage: Such a large-scale power failureis unprecedented for the country’s financial capital. The electricity supply was interrupted at 10:05 am.

Mumbai: Large parts of Mumbai and its suburbs are facing a power failure, due to which several trains have been held up. The outage, according to the city’s electricity supply board, is because of the "TATAs incoming electric supply failure". Traffic signals at some areas too have stopped working.

Western Railway said the breakdown is due to a grid failure at Tata Power. Commuters were seen walking on rail tracks.

Such a large-scale power failure is unprecedented for the country’s financial capital. The electricity supply, interrupted at 10:05 am, is expected to be restored in 45 minutes to an hour, the authorities said.

"The electric supply is interrupted due to TATAs incoming electric supply failure. Inconvenience is regretted," Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) tweeted.

"Due to a technical glitch in Circuit 2 of the Kalva-Padghe powerhouse, the regions between Thane and Mumbai are facing a power cut. Our staff is working on it and power will be restored in an hour or 45 minutes," Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said. "It will be restored in approximately an hour," M Raut tweeted at 11:35 am.

The city’s civic body has asked hospitals to ensure there is enough supply of diesel for at least eight hours to avoid power failures, especially in the ICUs.

Several suburban trains on the central line and the western line have been suspended.

"Mumbai suburban trains on CR held up due to grid failure. We will update ASAP. Kindly bear with us," Central Railways tweeted.

    #PowerOutage
    Mumbai Suburban trains on CR held up due to grid failure. We will update ASAP. Kindly bear with us.
    — Central Railway (@Central_Railway) October 12, 2020

    1/2. In view of interruption in Traction power at 10.05 hrs due to Grid failure of Tata Power company, services btwn Churchgate & Borivili are suspended. It shall be resumed as soon as traction power supply is restored.
    Commuters are requested to cooperate @drmbct@RailMinIndia
    — Western Railway (@WesternRly) October 12, 2020

Adani Electricity, a major power supplier in the city, said is it "currently supplying to critical services in Mumbai". Multiple operators, including the state-run BEST, Adani Electricity and Tata Power supply power to the city.

Mumbai’s civic body shared helpline numbers for those affected.

    Due to power supply failure in Mumbai region, residents of Mumbai are requested to call on 022-22694727, 022-226947725 and 022-22704403 in case of emergencies.#BMCUpdates
    — माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) October 12, 2020

Within minutes of the outage, people took to social media. Hashtags such as #powercut, #Mumbai and #poweroutage started trending on Twitter. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was among those who took to social media.

"Entire city in power outage... somehow managing this message... keep calm all shall be well," Mr Bachchan tweeted. "Dongles working. Vodafone is working for me."

"Has everyone’s electricity gone?! What is going on? #Mumbai," a user tweeted.

Another user wrote: "Wow the whole of Mumbai has an electricity cut and suddenly no one can take it anymore."