India, Jan. 31 -- Large parts of Mumbai's western suburbs, stretching from Vile Parle to Goregaon, were hit by a power outage on Friday evening, with supply disrupted for nearly 90 minutes.

The major power failure began around 7.30 pm and was gradually restored by around 9 pm. According to sources, the outage was triggered by the tripping of extra-high voltage (EHV) cables that supply power to multiple substations in the western suburbs.

Thousands of households in areas including Bandra West, Khar West, Juhu, Andheri West, Goregaon West, Malad West, Versova, Kandivali West, Vile Parle, Oshiwara and the Lokhandwala Complex were affected.

Several residents took to the social media platform X to complain about the outage and the lack of u...