New Delhi, Jul 30: Delhi government today accused Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab of overdrawing power from the Northern Grid which led to its collapse, triggering severe power cuts in the capital, and asked the Union Power Minister to direct the states to follow discipline while drawing power.
Delhi Power Minister Harun Yusuf, quoting official figures, said Uttar Pradesh was overdrawing 900 MW of power more than the allotted quantity from the grid at 2 AM while overdrawal by Haryana and Punjab was 580 MW and 500 MW respectively.
Yusuf said these states had drawn around 2,500-3000 MW of power in the last two three days from the Northern Grid.
The situation returned to near-normalcy by evening, he said. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Yusuf met Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and requested him to direct the states to maintain discipline while drawing power from the Northern Grid.
The Grid, which caters to power supply in nine states and Union Territories—Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Chandigarh—collapsed at 2.35 AM today.
Almost entire Delhi went without power for about eight hours following collapse of the Grid severely affecting various services including Metro operation, train services and production of water at six major water treatment plants in the city.
