High-voltage tower line trip in Hinjewadi: Frequent fire incidents near high-voltage power infrastructure have been causing power disruptions in Pune and its surrounding areas. In the latest incident, a fire in the hilly region of Ambegaon caused the Pirangut-Kandalgaon 220 KV extra-high-voltage tower line of Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) to trip. As a result, over 90,000 domestic, commercial and industrial consumers, including 200 IT companies in Hinjewadi, faced power cuts.
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According to MSETCL officials, small and big trees and bushes caught fire in the Ambegaon hills. The fire spread down the Pirangut-Kandalgaon 220 KV tower line, leading to tripping. This caused disruption in 31 substations. 13 in Pimpri division and 18 in Mulshi division, causing a loss of 182 MW in the power system. Senior engineers of MSETCL rushed to the spot and immediately repaired the fault, restoring power within 43 minutes. Earlier in March, massive power disruption was caused when an unidentified person set fire to dry grass near the 400 KV extra high voltage substation in Talegaon. This led to tripping in MSETCL’s Talegaon-Lonikand 400 KV tower line, affecting around 2.49 lakh consumers in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Chakan MIDC, Bhosari and nearby areas for more than an hour. (High-voltage tower line trip in Hinjewadi)
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