Western Railway services were affected from 9.42 am to 10.45 am. (Representational image)Mumbai Live News and Updates: As parts of Mumbai experienced power outages, Maharashtra energy department’s principal secretary Dinesh Waghmare said that the Mulund-Trombay line has tripped, causing a grid failure. Power supply was restored in most parts of the city by 11 am, while suburban train services started functioning normally.
Meanwhile, elated and relieved, 219 Indians, mostly students studying medicine in Ukraine, stepped off the Air India aircraft that flew them home from Bucharest in Romania — the first batch of Indian nationals evacuated Saturday under Operation Ganga after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A second flight, carrying 250 Indians landed in Delhi.
Indian nationals who reached the Ukraine-Romania border and Ukraine-Hungary border were taken to Bucharest and Budapest by road respectively by Indian government officials so that they can be evacuated in these Air India flights. The government is not charging the rescued passengers for the evacuation flights, the officials said. Around 16,000 Indians, mainly students, were stranded in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had said on February 24.
A detailed investigation is being conducted on the Mumbai power outage today, said a statement by Mr. Sanjay Banga, President (T&D), Tata Power.
"Today morning at around 9:50 hrs, we felt grid disturbance in our Tata Power system. Our initial investigation is that this disturbance in our grid was because of the tripping of MSETCL lines," the statement read.
According to the statement, a reduction in power demand was observed in the city today, where total demand in Mumbai came down from 2000 MW to around 1200 MW which might have caused the disturbances in the system.
"We are coordinating with all agencies, including SLDC, to find out the exact reason and see how we can avoid such incidents in the future," the statement said.
You might draw a blank stare if you ask a local about directions to Joseph Baptista Gardens. But enquire about Mazgaon garden, you will be promptly pointed to an uphill path. Dotted with flowerbeds, the 135-year-old garden is spread over 1.5 acres atop Bhandarwada hill, the highest point in Mazgaon, a quaint dockyard suburb.
The garden is a 15-minute walk from the Dockyard station on the harbour line. Along this stretch, you will find several architectural delights – Prince Aly Khan Hospital, churches, bungalows and villas. Read More
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that Income Tax raids on the premises of Sena corporator Yashwant Jadhav were conducted with an eye on the upcoming Mumbai civic elections.
Talking to reporters here, Raut said these raids were conducted with an ulterior motive to malign Shiv Sena.
"We are noting all these things. People are also watching. Let them do it and find what they are searching for," Raut said. (PTI)
The power supply was restored in all affected sections by 10.53 in Mumbai, News agency ANI reported quoting Ravindra Bhakar, Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) of Western Railways. According to him, due to an hour-long power outage today morning, the suburban section between Churchgate & Andheri was affected, and about 50 trains got cancelled while 144 trains got delayed.
Ninad Pitale, director, Mumbai Urja Marg Transmission project said once operational, the project will be a gamechanger for Maharashtra with wide-reaching benefits for people and industries in the region.
“As India’s leading industrialised state and with an ambition of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2025, the power sector in Maharashtra must find ways to anticipate and mitigate future disruptions in the power supply. To avoid recurring power outages, it is imperative to strengthen the existing transmission infrastructure and create an additional corridor to ensure reliable and uninterrupted power supply. Once operational, Mumbai Urja Marg Transmission project will be a gamechanger for Maharashtra with wide reaching benefits for people and industries in the region. It will increase power availability, improve system reliability and security, allow flexibility and choice to source cheaper and greener power for the state," Pitale said.
Maharashtra State Commission for Women said it has asked police to block the social media accounts spreading false information about the death Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and also sought action against Union minister Narayan Rane and his MLA son Nitesh Rane in this connection.
BJP leader Narayan Rane had questioned the circumstances surrounding the death of Salian (28) in June 2020.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, MSCW chairperson Rupali Chakankar said the Malvani police (in Mumbai) had told the commission that Salian's postmortem report stated that she was not raped and was not pregnant. (PTI)
Stepping up up hydrogeneration to full capacity allowed faster restoration and avoided a larger outage, Tata Power said in a statement following power cuts in several parts of Mumbai.
'At 9.50 am, power supply got affected due to tripping of MSETCL line at Trombay receiving station that connects to the Tata Power transmission system. This resulted in the tripping of Trombay Generation and cascade tripping of some internal lines affecting 850 MW load of all Discoms in Mumbai. Tata Power immediately stepped up hydrogeneration to full capacity for faster restoration and avoidance of larger outage. The power supply was restored completely in around an hour.'
An Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) spokesperson said, "Today's power outage was caused due to tripping of 220 kV transmission line and subsequent outage of Tata's Trombay power plant. Adani Electricity consumers were largely unaffected by today's power outage as we were able to ramp up our generation at Dahanu in a very short time. This helped early restoration of consumers in South Mumbai as well."
As several parts of Mumbai faced power outages, approximately 50 local trains were cancelled and 140 were delayed. The 12954 August Kranti Rajdhani Express reached Mumbai Central 30 minutes later than its scheduled arrival time.
Meanwhile, power supply tripped momentarily on Harbour and Main line of Central Railway from 9.49 am till 9.52 am. Trains are now running normally on all Central Railway corridors.
Power supply to most parts of Mumbai was restored by 11 am on Sunday morning and trains were also functioning normally.
A Tata power company statement said, "This morning, the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited transmission line from Kalwa to Trombay had massive voltage fluctuations causing tripping of Trombay Salsette-1 on overload. This affected the South Mumbai electricity distribution system. However, Tata Power’s Hydro plants were intact, and the Bhira Hydro Plant got islanded and synchronised. Electricity has been restored to essential services. Tata Power team is working towards full restoration soon.”
On October 12, 2020, around 50 lakh homes and operational business around Mumbai suffered power cuts.
In the middle of the peak hour, Mumbai’s suburban train services were brought to a standstill for over two hours, forcing commuters, mainly essential commuters, to either switch to other means of transport, or to abandon their travel plans for the day. Hearings at the Bombay High Court were deferred. Domestic water supply to households located at the far ends of the water supply network was impacted. Traffic signals lost power in Mumbai. Read more
Due to a tripping of supply from Tata Power, a total failure of electricity was reported in Sion, Matunga, Parel, Dadar, CSMT, Byculla and Churchgate.
Some parts of Chembur, Bandra and Kurla have also been affected.
Western Railway network between Churchgate and Andheri, which was impacted for over an hour due a power outage in many parts of Mumbai, was restored at 10.45 am.
A Western Railway spokesperson told The Indian Express said that its network in the city was affected from 9.42 am to 10.45 am and supply was diverted from Jogeshwari area to restart the railways.
Power outages are being experienced due to tripping of MSEB 220kv transmission line on the Mulund-Trombay line. The power supply is expected to resume within an hour, according to the BMC.
For any assistance due to electric supply failure, the BMC's Disaster management control room can be reached at 02222694725/02222694727/61234000.
As parts of Mumbai experienced power outages, Maharashtra energy department's principal secretary Dinesh Waghmare said that the Mulund-Trombay line has tripped and work is on to locate the fault.
A total of 2,000 mangrove trees will be felled to make way for six bridges in Andheri and Malad to improve connectivity and ease traffic flow.
The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Regulation Authority (MCZMA), while deferring Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for five bridges, approved one proposal that will require cutting of at least 48 mangroves trees.
According to the Environment Impact Assessment report of all six bridges submitted by the BMC before MCZMA, the construction of all six bridges will be in environmentally sensitive CRZ areas and require felling of 1,966 mangrove trees and 6.35 hectare mangrove forest patch will be impacted due to the project. Read more
Observing that it cannot expect “citizens to languish in filthy and unhygienic slums” and that “the right to livelihood includes the right of decent living and not an animal existence,” the Bombay High Court has said that the “prime concern” of the state government should be to initiate affordable mass housing facilities for poor people who are forced to live in slums in bigger cities for work.
The court also reminded the municipal and state officers that the incidents of people losing their lives in building collapses are required to be completely avoided. Read more
Rajya Sabha MP Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, a descendent of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, on Saturday began his fast unto death demanding reservation for the Maratha community besides a decision on the other demands of the community.
Sambhajiraje’s fast unto death comes a day after the state government announced the setting up of a separate commission for the Maratha community to study its “backwardness”. This comes ahead of the state legislature’s budget session that will commence from March 3. Read more