Around 3.25 lakh household’s electricity supply was snapped on Wednesday after power supply of Pardi and Besa substation was snapped.
According to the sources the areas that were affected during the interruption of the power supply from 1:30 pm to 2:50 pm were, Binaki, Kalamna, Chinteshwar Nagar, Ganeshpeth, Wardhaman Nagar, Nandanwan, Wathoda, Mahal, KDK College, Chinchbhuvan, Babulkheda and Rambagh.
As per the officials of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), a 33 KV cable was damaged by M/s AVM while carrying out HDD work against the 33 KV cable near Chattrapati Nagar substation.
Later the power supply was restored in the evening after one and a half hours.