An assistant engineer with the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) in Raigad has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh.
The government has asked the officials concerned to take all necessary steps to ensure normal supply of electricity in the state.
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the energy portfolio, held a meeting with trade union representatives and later said the government had no intention to privatise state-run power utilities.
The Maharashtra government has invoked the MESMA barring employees of state-run electricity companies from joining the protest.
The "load shedding", which entails compulsory power cuts in select areas, will be carried out both in urban and rural areas, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company said in a statement.
Suburbs like Bandra, Santacruz and Chembur, and pockets in central Mumbai such as Dadar reported the outage for over 15 minutes starting at 2130 hrs.
The power failure comes at a time when the state is reeling under power deficit.
'Are you willing to marry her,' was the question posed to a public servant, who is accused of repeatedly raping a minor girl but when the Supreme Court on Monday was told that he is already married he was asked to seek regular bail from the concerned court.
Train movement halted between Andheri and Churchgate railway stations as the power supply stopped, Western Railway's chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur said.
'We are planning load shedding in such a way that the entire state will not suffer.'
Railway services across city on the Western Railway and Central Railway came to a grinding halt at 10.05 am, as a result of the power outage.
Several women's rights activists, eminent citizens, intellectuals, writers and artistes had also penned an open letter to the chief justice demanding an apology and retraction of the remarks.
Nagrale, an avid golfer and a tennis player, is a recipient of the President's Police Medal, Vishesh Seva Padak and Antarik Suraksha Padak.
The project, with total generation capacity of 1,967 Mw, has been shut since Thursday, owing to shortage of gas.
Mahatransco (Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited - MSETCL) Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh Waghmare said Tata Power's plants took time to start generating electricity following the grid collapse on Monday morning, resulting in the specially created 'islanding' system not working.
The new rules are expected to reduce power cost.
Goyal's statement comes in the wake of RGPPL board giving its approval last month for the conversion of debt into equity equivalent to interest dues of Rs 405 crore (Rs 4.05 billion).
This will benefit 4,217 high-tension industrial consumers, whose daily power requirement is 2,000 Mw.
The earlier resolution allowing these developers to charge higher power tariffs, now stands cancelled.
A war of words is likely to break out between the state-owned power utility Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd and Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission over the MERC's order on Monday.
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission's order rejecting the state power utility Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd request to increase load-shedding is likely to affect industry in the state adversely.
Angry over irregular power supply, irate farmers on Tuesday ransacked the Maharashtra State Electricity Board office in Kalvan in Nasik district.
Decks have been cleared to restart the controversial Dabhol Power Project in Maharasthra as the company's US promoters withdrew all legal proceedings against the state and the central government before the arbitration panel in London.
Maharashtra government has agreed to buy electricity from the Dabhol power project at Rs 5.01 per unit and the plant is likely to be re-started by the middle of next month.
With this the curtain falls on all legal proceedings in India and abroad involving the two companies.\n
The Shiv Sena has been holding protests against frequent load-shedding in most parts of Maharashtra, which is going through a severe power crisis.\n
Railway traffic on both Central and Western lines were affected, throwing train schedules out of gear and affecting office goers.
Last month, Sena activists had gone on a rampage, attacking MSEB offices at a number of places across the state protesting frequent power cuts.
Union Power Minister\n\nP M Sayeed said power reforms would be made rural-centric
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the legality of the power purchase agreement between Maharashtra State Electricity Board and the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Corporation.
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