India, June 16 -- Following a series of power outages in several residential neighbourhoods in South Mumbai earlier this month, the BEST undertaking is attempting to resolve the issue by replacing electricity cables between Churchgate and Marine Lines.

Trenching work began on Monday, to lay ultra-high-pressure cables that will replace old ones. The new lines will run underneath the railway tracks. "These will be 3-4-km-long. with a capacity to carry 33,000 volts (33kv)," said a BEST official.

Power outages lasting up to 10-12 hours were experienced in the densely populated neighbourhoods of Girgaum, Bhuleshwar, Opera House, Thakurdwar, Kalbadevi, among others, prompting frustrated residents to storm a local BEST office on two occasions....