NEW DELHI: Friday signalled a double whammy of low power supply and high demand for the summer: from Thursday-Friday midnight, the National
Hydro Power Corporation stopped supply to Reliance's BSES Rajdhani and
BSES Yamuna discoms, allegedly for payment default, while the capital
notched up its highest-ever power consumption of 5,330MW.
There were power cuts across south Delhi and in parts of central and west Delhi.
CM Sheila Dikshit assured the crisis would be sorted out soon. "Let's face it. Power is getting expensive and the only way to sort it out would be a tariff hike. We are waiting for the DERC order to implement it."
"Whatever is the shortfall from DVC, we will meet through the Bawana plant," the chief minister said. "Thought this will be expensive, we will not let Delhi suffer."
There were power cuts across most of south Delhi and in parts of central and west Delhi. A technical snag in Delhi Transco's 100 MVA transformer in Okhla led to widespread power cuts in Kalkaji, Kailash Colony, Alaknanda, CR Park, Greater Kailash I and Nehru Place among other areas.
Panchsheel, Dwarka and Gulmohar Park too reported power cuts in the afternoon hours. "There was no electricity for close to two hours in the afternoon. The situation was similar on Thursday as well. The inverter could not support the air-conditioners and we had to sweat it out with just a ceiling fan," complained Anjana Kumar, a resident of Kalkaji. A Transco official said the sweltering heat triggered a technical snag that took a few hours to set right.
with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK for detailed news.
There were power cuts across south Delhi and in parts of central and west Delhi.
CM Sheila Dikshit assured the crisis would be sorted out soon. "Let's face it. Power is getting expensive and the only way to sort it out would be a tariff hike. We are waiting for the DERC order to implement it."
"Whatever is the shortfall from DVC, we will meet through the Bawana plant," the chief minister said. "Thought this will be expensive, we will not let Delhi suffer."
There were power cuts across most of south Delhi and in parts of central and west Delhi. A technical snag in Delhi Transco's 100 MVA transformer in Okhla led to widespread power cuts in Kalkaji, Kailash Colony, Alaknanda, CR Park, Greater Kailash I and Nehru Place among other areas.
Panchsheel, Dwarka and Gulmohar Park too reported power cuts in the afternoon hours. "There was no electricity for close to two hours in the afternoon. The situation was similar on Thursday as well. The inverter could not support the air-conditioners and we had to sweat it out with just a ceiling fan," complained Anjana Kumar, a resident of Kalkaji. A Transco official said the sweltering heat triggered a technical snag that took a few hours to set right.
with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK for detailed news.
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