Power supply disconnected after heavy rains in Thane, Palghar

Thousands of people in Thane and Palghar districts of Maharashtra were affected on Sunday by power outage after substations were submerged and transformers damaged due to heavy rains.

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company public relations officer Vishwajeet Bhosale, in a statement, said power supply was stopped from Vasai substation as a precautionary measure.

"Around 1.50 lakh customers in Vasai, Girij, Sandor, Kolar, Navghar, Sativali, Sun City, Vasai West and Mavelpada have been affected by this," the release said.

He said 68,000 people in Kalyan subdivision, including in Manda, Titwala, Varap, Maral, Kon and Khadavali, were also affected due to the disconnection of electricity supply.

It informed that heavy rains had caused water to enter Shahapur switching centre, leading to power outage in that town, and had also damaged the feeder line at Dhasai and Asangaon.

"Badlapur is affected due to waterlogging. The level of Ulhas river is rising. All four feeders in Sonivali have been switched off," Bhosale said.