Tripping of three 400 KV power lines between Chandrapur and Parali threw eastern suburbs of Mumbai and western parts of the state in dark for almost three hours. | |
| R S Dutonde, chief public relation officer, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company, said, "Three lines between Chandrapur and Parali tripped today morning around 9.55 am which had its cascading effect on Parali-Solapur and Solapur-Lonikand lines and this caused power failure in the eastern suburbs, including Dombivli, Thane, Mulund, Bhandup and Navi Mumbai, and entire western Maharashtra and Marathwada." |
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| The domestic and the international airports also faced a power failure for half-an-hour but operations were restored with the help of their own generator sets, sources said. However, Dutonde claimed that the supply was restored by 1.00 pm everywhere. |
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| Pramod Deo, chairman, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), said the power regulator will ask for a report from the state electricity board, Tatas and Reliance Energy. |
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| "Once we get the report we will decide about our further course of action," he said. |
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