Infrastructure
Table 47 - BEST: No. of consumers, connected load & meters
Item
1970-71
1980-81
1990-91
1996-97
Consumers (in 000)
425.1
569.4
712.5
797.7
Meters (in 000)
474.1
626.9
823.6
943.0
Connected load (in MW)
910.1
1400.9
2009.6
2513.4
Consumers in the city of Mumbai have almost doubled between 1970-71 and 1996-97
The number of meters has almost doubled in two and a half decades