Commuters wait on a stalled suburban train during a power outage in Mumbai, India, on Monday (Oct 12, 2020). India's total coronavirus cases rose by 66,732 in the last 24 hours to 7.12 million on Monday. - Reuters
MUMBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters): A grid failure caused a widespread power outage in India's financial capital Mumbai and surrounding areas on Monday, authorities said, a rare occurrence that disrupted train services in the city of 20 million.
"Power cut across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region due to grid failure," the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)agency said on Twitter.
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