It was a sweltering Sunday, March 6, evening for Colaba residents as the power went on the blink from 7 pm. Monday morning, the no electricity blues continued till  the afternoon. Even as electricity returned sporadically all through Monday, locals who experienced an on-off situation, were cautious, using a condition for their exultant “it’s back” communication on social media groups. They said, “it’s back'' and then added, “for now”. Several chats had messages that said, “it’s back, hope it stays that way”.

Water shortage

Ajay Multani, a resident, said, “The scale of the power outage is on a never-before level. I had to climb six floors to my home, but that was a mild discomfort compared to so many senior citizens who were marooned at home as they could not negotiate the stairs. The big problem was that we had a water shortage as the water pump stopped working.” Multani claimed that he did learn that cables were damaged. “On Sunday night, many households managed with candles. If cables are damaged, then this may become a long-term problem. Then residential buildings too will have to factor that in and get generators, this is a plausible scenario,” Multani explained.