The technical glitch at the Tata Power plant and the subsequent rotational load shedding hit the financial nerve centres of the city the hardest. While most major civic-run and private hospitals in the city weren’t affected as they had generator backup, several corporate offices in Nariman Point and BKC had to call it a day much earlier than usual.

Let there be light: Komal Khatri, assistant vice-president (corporate finance) at Portfolio Financial Services, uses the light from her cellphone to work at her Nariman Point office