On 2nd day in row, parts of south Mumbai plunge into darkness due to power failure

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Mumbai: Pockets in south Mumbai plunged into darkness for a second consecutive day on late Friday evening following a snag, electricity officials said..

The snag was caused at a 33 kilovolt (kv) feeder of city power discom Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking near Crawford Market, they said..

Localities around the Mahapalika Marg, GT Hospital, Crawford Market and Marine Lines witnessed power failure at around 6.45 pm...

BEST, a civic-run undertaking, had said a 33 kv feeder from Tata Power's Carnac Bunder facility, which comes to the G T Hospital receiving station operated by it, had tripped, resulting in the outage the previous day..