Thread by @Vidyut

Even with conservative use of power, no idea how long inverter can last. Working so far with no fan use and minimum lights use since last night. Laptop charged, phone charged. Laptop can charge phone if inverter gives out. Peak inefficiency #CycloneTauktae #VasaiVirar #Nalasopara

Would MAHADISCOM accept outages in paying the electricity bill? What is their excuse for routine power outages in an urban area in the year 2021?

Every person in Vasai-Virar is fed up of electricity woes. Now people going through pandemic + cyclone without electricity.

This can't be blamed on #CycloneTauktae because we have power outages all the time.

Peak summer, peak pandemic, unprecedented cyclone and power outages. Food spoiling, kids scared, phones running out of charge, people can't access emergency instructions because no power, no TV!

While ago, someone came to call their family in Gujarat. They don't have inverter backup, phones out of charge long ago. Can't see news because no TV. And didn't know number because phone dead.

Charged their phone, called one number they knew to get number of family in Guj.

MAHADISCOM has reduced the people of Vasai Virar to begging for news, for making calls in a crisis, because of sheer incompetence. Loud bangs from wind in the dark scaring kids.

We have inverter still because we spent the whole time since last night not using fans, lights, etc

Kid started crying because of all the banging and wind sounds and dark - which he isn't used to at this time. Told mom to put on one light and the TV so he feels normal.

Will work while inverter lasts. Hopefully with all the lack of other use, till kid sleeps.

I repeat, this has little to do with the cyclone. Nearly every time it rains, even a drizzle, some transformer blows.....ZZZZANG. And power out. And of course, even when it doesn't rain.

This is absolutely primitive. Corrupt, useless power supply.