India, May 15 -- Around 3,000 BEST electricity consumers in the Dadar, Sitladevi and Matunga Road areas faced prolonged power outages on Thursday after a cable fault disrupted supply from the Sitladevi Receiving Substation, amid soaring summer power demand.

Officials said electricity demand in Mumbai has crossed 4,500 MW due to rising temperatures and extensive use of air conditioners in the summer, putting additional pressure on the city's power infrastructure.

The first disruption occurred between 4.30 am and 5.30 am on Thursday, officials said. A second major outage began around 11 am after a fault developed in a 33 KV feeder connected to the Sitladevi Receiving Substation.

"Preliminary information suggests that the cable suffered m...