Cyclone Tauktae disrupts power supply of 18.43 lakh consumers in Maharashtra

The power supply of as many as 18.43 lakh consumers in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts has been disrupted due to cyclonic storm 'Tauktae'.

Cyclonic storm 'Tauktae', which hit the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una on Monday night after passing close to the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, disrupted the power supply of 18.43 lakh consumers in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts, an official release said on Tuesday. Supply of 52 per cent of these consumers from 3,665 villages in these two districts has been restored while efforts are on on a war footing to restore electricity in the rest of the areas, it said. Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said 13,172 staffers are working tirelessly to restore the supply of the remaining consumers, the statement said.