Pune: Industries in Chakan Reel Under Heavy Losses Due to Frequent Power Outages
Chakan, 12th August 2025: The persistent electricity crisis in Chakan’s industrial belt has reached a breaking point, with months of frequent power outages inflicting severe financial losses on local manufacturing units.
In response to the worsening situation, a delegation from the Federation of Chakan Industries met Lokesh Chandra, Chairman and Managing Director of Mahavitaran, seeking urgent and concrete solutions. According to the federation, Mahavitaran’s infrastructure in the region is under extreme stress, resulting in power shortages, repeated outages, and erratic voltage fluctuations—both high and low.
Industry representatives said the disruptions have damaged machinery, increased maintenance expenses, and forced repeated production halts. They added that wastage of raw materials has also surged, compounding the financial burden on businesses.
Federation office-bearers Dilip Batwal and Vinod Jimmed urged Mahavitaran to set up new switching and power stations in Chakan, offering to provide land for the facilities at the industries’ own expense. They pointed out that despite industries investing lakhs of rupees in dedicated feeders, uninterrupted power supply remains a distant promise.
Mahavitaran CMD Lokesh Chandra (IAS) acknowledged the challenges and assured that Chakan’s power infrastructure would be substantially upgraded within the next year. He promised industries a reliable and uninterrupted power supply from 2026, with proactive measures to prevent outages.
“Industrial areas are facing frequent power cuts due to the strain on Mahavitaran’s system, which is operating beyond capacity. This is causing a sharp decline in production and heavy financial losses,” Batwal said.
Chandra also instructed engineers to immediately address low-voltage pockets in the region and noted that some outages were linked to internal failures within industrial units. He advised industries to install load break switches, which he said could reduce outage issues by up to 50%, as a fault in one unit often disrupts supply to other consumers on the same feeder.
