The Hinjewadi IT Park area in Pune has witnessed major power outages since Sunday afternoon. 

The widespread power outage affected more than 52,000 electricity users across the Ganeshkhind and Pune rural divisions of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) after a critical fault occurred in an underground cable on Sunday afternoon. While supply to most of the low-voltage consumers was restored during the early hours of Monday, industrial consumers are still facing prolonged disruptions, informed the officials.

While, the disruption began around 2.10 pm on Sunday, shortly after the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MahaTransco) completed routine maintenance on a 220 kV underground line connecting the Infosys and Pegasus substations near Hinjewadi Phase-2 Metro Station. The fault led to an immediate collapse of power supply to large sections of the network, the officials further said.