Train services came to a halt, homes and businesses were without electricity and people sweltered in humid heat as a grid failure resulted in massive power outages across Mumbai Monday morning.
The power supply was restored in many parts of Mumbai after a blackout of over 2 hours. The unprecedented power cut was reported a little after 10 am, leaving several local trains stranded on tracks. Western Railway said the breakdown was due to a grid failure at Tata Power. Commuters were seen walking on rail tracks. The central and western line train services have now been restored.
The city's civic body asked hospitals to ensure there is enough supply of diesel for at least eight hours to avoid power failures, especially in the ICUs.
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.
Here are the updates on Mumbai power outage:
Security personnel helped about 350 passengers who wanted to get down from suburban trains which were in midsection during #PowerOutage pic.twitter.com/afqLNEhFMt
- Central Railway (@Central_Railway) October 12, 2020
Power supply to railways is restored. Power to other emergency services like Hospitals are also being restored. pic.twitter.com/yIul8TLUS5
- Dr. Nitin Raut (@NitinRaut_INC) October 12, 2020
Dear Mumbaikars,@mybmc is personally & closely monitoring the status at all private & government hospitals, to ensure that their services continue unhindered, even in the dearth of power supply.
- माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) October 12, 2020
No untoward incident has been reported so far.#MumbaiPowerCut #MyBMCUpdates
Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan power failure is being attended to.
- Dr. Nitin Raut (@NitinRaut_INC) October 12, 2020
Kalwa- padgha transmissions line got tripped,
hence Thane- Palghar, New Mumbai power is off. Consequently, cascading the power failure to Mumbai-Thane & Mumbai suburban city.
It will be restored in approximately an hour.
#PowerOutage
- Central Railway (@Central_Railway) October 12, 2020
Following CR long distance special trains rescheduled:
01055 LTT-at 1200 hrs
02542 LTT-Gorakhpur at1215 hrs
06345 LTT-Thiruvananthapuram at1240 hrs
01061 LTT-Darbhanga at 1315 hrs
01071 LTT-Varanasi at 1340 hrs
Inconvenience caused is regretted.
Correction: The second emergency number is 022-22694725#BMCUpdates https://t.co/choVdl5Nak
- माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) October 12, 2020
T 3688 - Entire city in power outage .. somehow managing this message .. keep calm all shall be well ..
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 12, 2020
#WATCH Public announcement about the temporary suspension of local train services being made at #Mumbai Central Railway Station following power grid failure
- ANI (@ANI) October 12, 2020
BMC says, "It will take 45 minutes to 1 hour to restore the power supply." pic.twitter.com/YZGLM4ktL3
Where are the power grid experts hiding today?
- Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) October 12, 2020
They had a lot of advice to give when Prime Minister Modi asked us to light a diya.
Don't they now have some advice for Uddhav on how to manage the power grid?
Mumbai has come to a grinding halt... pic.twitter.com/X5264oYAUI
Watch | "It is a grid failure. Trying to restore power as soon as possible": Shivaji Sutar, PRO, Central Railway #PowerCut #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/QPq7167IOQ
- NDTV (@ndtv) October 12, 2020
The Central Railways appealed to the passengers in a tweet to avoid walking on tracks amid power outage.
CR Harbour line restored from 10.55 am.
- Central Railway (@Central_Railway) October 12, 2020
Engineers are in constant touch with Grid experts. We will update about mainline soon.
Appeal
Do not panic. Please don't walk on track. pic.twitter.com/wIQlLnJ8et
Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan power failure is being attended to.
- Dr. Nitin Raut (@NitinRaut_INC) October 12, 2020
Kalwa- padgha transmissions line got tripped,
hence Thane- Palghar, New Mumbai power is off. Consequently, cascading the power failure to Mumbai-Thane & Mumbai suburban city.
It will be restored in approximately an hour.
These are the helpline numbers for emergencies shared by the BMC.
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
#MumbaiPowerOutage: Trains affected after large-scale power failure https://t.co/pjeih2xP8h pic.twitter.com/hdmDKMRWzA
- NDTV (@ndtv) October 12, 2020
Mumbai Outage Dominates Twitter Trends, Powers MemesAs large parts of the "Maximum City" face unprecedented and widespread power outage due to "incoming electric supply failure", Mumbaikars took to the social media sharing witty memes with a side of political sarcasm." itemprop="description
Many passengers across the financial capital of India - Mumbai - were left clueless after a massive power outage in the city this morning.
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.
- Western Railway (@WesternRly) October 12, 2020
Commuters are requested to cooperate @drmbct@RailMinIndia
2/2 However, Power supply, from MSETCL available at Vasai Road & it has been extended to work essential suburban trains between Borivili to Virar section
- Western Railway (@WesternRly) October 12, 2020
Efforts are on to start services in Churchgate-Borivali section.
Commuters are requested not to panic.@drmbct @RailMinIndia
Trains have been held up this morning due to power cuts in Mumbai. The Central Railways gave an update in a tweet.
#PowerOutage
- Shivaji M Sutar (@ShivajiIRTS) October 12, 2020
Mumbai Suburban trains @Central_Railway held up due to grid failure. We will update ASAP. Kindly bear with us. Time 10.05hrs onwards.
(It's not OHE /EMU fault)
Trains in Roha-Diva-JNPT sections are running.
