According to the Mumbai police, on Monday afternoon, he received a message on his mobile phone saying the power supply would be disconnected at his home if he fails to pay the bill by night.
The city is witnessing an unprecedented surge in electricity demand as it reached an all-time high of 3,968 megawatts on Wednesday afternoon. Consequently, certain areas in the island city experienced power cuts, including Sion, while some regions along the Vile Parle-Andheri-Goregaon belt suffered from a disruption lasting nearly two hours during the late afternoon. Additionally, parts of the eastern suburbs, such as Vikhroli and Powai, faced power outages in the evening., Mumbai News, Times Now
Large parts of Mumbai Metropolitan Region faced a power outage for over three hours Wednesday afternoon. Authorities cited ‘load shedding’, carried out to save power grid from collapse after tripping of a transmission line, as the reason behind the prolonged power cut., Mumbai News, Times Now