MUMBAI: Power outages owing to the overnight downpour not only put citizens to hardships, but also patients who are asthmatic or on hospital beds with monitors at home. The power outage lasted for over eight hours at a few places.
A Mumbai Central resident said: “During the downpour, power went off for two hours. My mother is on a hospital bed with monitors taking treatment at home and we were worried.” Another resident tweeted @mik669 : “anybody help there is no electricity since last night in E ward. My mother aged 74 is asthma patient...calling for help in BEST but no avail.”
A BEST official said: “We had network issues in the control room...Our substations were impacted in Ballard Pier, Colaba and other areas and cables submerged in water at a few places, leading to faults.”
An Adani official said: “The heavy rainfall resulted in waterlogging in our supply areas and for safety reasons, we switched off supply in some areas. As soon as water receded, we... restored supply.”
