Overview
- MSEDCL and local reports say heavy monsoon rain and flooding caused a high‑tension conductor to snap at the Pawana river crossing, leaving Ravet and Nigdi Pradhikaran with unstable supply for up to three days.
- The utility carried out precautionary feeder and substation shutdowns across Pune and Pimpri‑Chinchwad to prevent electrocution and to allow rescue work, and crews have worked to restore service where safe.
- Repair crews cannot reach the fallen conductor because it lies in a fast‑flowing riverbed, which has delayed permanent fixes and forced longer outages in the worst‑hit neighborhoods.
- Residents staged protests over the outages after elevators and electric water pumps failed, causing hardship for elderly people, patients and those working from home who lacked reliable backup power.
- Diesel generators and home inverters proved only temporary as fuel supply and battery runtime ran short, highlighting that river‑crossing line faults and aging overhead networks create repeated risks during monsoon seasons.