Reliance Energy on Thursday put out a statement telling consumers in the western suburbs not to worry about Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority's (MMRDA) power outage announcement for Sunday because it had made arrangements to reroute supply through an alternative network.

On Wednesday, MMRDA took power companies by surprise and sent consumers into a panic after unilaterally announcing the outage for June 24, between 3 am and 5 am in Vile Parle, Juhu, Andheri, Versova, Jogeshwari, Goregaon, Malad, Kandivli and Charkop to facilitate the erection of a Metro 7 'U' girder at Thakur Complex, Kandivli. The announcement did not speak about any alternative arrangements. A source close to the development said, "MMRDA had informed power companies about the outage plan, but went ahead and made the announcement before the companies could come up an alternative plan. This created unnecessary panic. They should have waited and added the arrangements to the announcement."