City’s IT hub continues to suffer power crisis

Several IT firms still receiving power supply in five-hour staggered cycles

- Siddharth Gadkat

A major power outage triggered by a fault in Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd’s (MSETCL's) 220 kV Infosys-Pegasus underground cable near Hinjewadi has continued to affect power supply to one of the largest IT corridors of India, with over 52,000 MSEDCL consumers affected.

While electricity was restored to most residential areas by early Monday morning, several IT firms across Pune’s technology hub are still receiving supply in five-hour staggered cycles with MSETCL offiCials claiming that power supply will not be restored before Wednesday.

The Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (MSETCL) has said that full restoration of power may not be possible before Wednesday evening, prompting calls for companies to allow work from home (WFH) to their employees.

Some firms permitted remote work on Monday, while the traffic police appealed to companies to adopt the same approach over the next three days to ease congestion and support repair efforts.