Water supply & other essential services affected as Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad faces power outage

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Water supply and other essential services were severely affected as most parts of Pune and the neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad in Maharashtra faced a power outage on Wednesday morning. The electricity supply was restored in eastern and central Pune by 9 am, officials said. Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited officials said that the power supply was disconnected after a 400 KV substation at Lonikand faced problems at 4:30 am due to a technical glitch. The outage began at 6:30 am, they added.

“The work to find the fault and restore the power supply is underway. The power supply may resume by 11:30 am,” said an MSEDCL official, who did not want to be named.

Due to the technical glitch, the water supply from most Pune Municipal Corporation and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation pumping stations was also affected causing hardships to the residents. The work at the industrial estate in Chakan was also impacted.

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