An electric transformer located near the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) office at Shivajinagar burnt due to a short circuit on Wednesday, due to which it would not issue its regular weather bulletin.
The IMD sources said a transformer that supplies electricity was burnt due to a short circuit. Moreover, all the telephone lines of the five-storey building had also gone dead.
IMD director A B Mujumdar told UNI that the department was not able to receive data from other centres due to non-supply of electricity throughout the day.
The director said they would come out with the all-India weather chart only after power was restored.
The power supply was restored by 1800 hrs, but due to non-availability of the staff, the weather summary could not be made available to the media, the source added.
The Indian Meteorological Department went totally blank for the first time in its 80-year history.
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