Amit Shah on Apr 19 had chaired a meeting with Power Minister RK Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi & Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to assess the situation following reports of coal shortage reported by many states.
Several states are finding it difficult to bridge the gap between the demand and supply of eletricity.
As the shipment arrived, the Ceylon Electricity Board announced that 13-hour power cuts would now be reduced to nearly 2 hours from Sunday.
Immediate neighbour to the island nation, India has come to rescue with nearly $2.5 billion financial assistance from January to purchase essential such as fuel, food, and medicines.
Earlier, Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said that four out of 27 power generation units are currently shut in the state.
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said that the NTPC has capped production capacity of its plants to 55 per cent.
Sukhbir Singh Badal's remarks come amid state-owned utility PSPCL saying that up to three-hour daily power cut will remain in the state till October 13. Severe coal shortage has forced the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to cut down power generation and impose load shedding.
With reports that the situation of coal shortage in north India is likely to continue for a few more months, the state would have to study how long the powercuts would be continued.
Vasundhara Raje on Saturday targeted the Rajasthan government over the power crisis in the state
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday pitched for providing up to 300 units of free electricity and round-the-clock power supply to consumers in Punjab.
According to the website of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, the electricity charges to the tune of Rs 8,67,540 of his Amritsar home are yet to be paid, with July 2 as the last date for making payment.
Villagers from Uttar Pradesh's Saurikh area have claimed that they faced power cut on account of refusing to get vaccinated for COVID 19.
The Khatalguri-Deomali 220-kilovolt line tripped due to a technical snag at 4.32 pm on Sunday, disrupting power supply in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts, Public Health Engineering & Water Supply Minister Wangki Lowang said.
Millions of Californians prepared Saturday to live in the dark again as the state’s largest utility warned it might cut power for the third time in as many weeks because of looming strong winds and high fire danger.
Former Indian captain and Ranchi boy Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wife on Friday questioned the 4-7 hours of power cuts in the state capital every day.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the House, Swait Malik of the BJP highlighted that power tariffs vary across states. He said while one has to pay Rs 8 per unit of electricity in Punjab, consumers in neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir were paying much less.
They say bats hanging on the power supply lines sometimes cause short circuits, which ultimately lead to outages.
Disruption in power supply allegedly left five patients on life support dead at Government Rajaji Hospital here, police said on Wednesday.
Every day, as many as 200 patients visit the hospital, some even in critical conditions, for treatment, even after running the risk of medical negligence due to unavailability of proper light.
Power will be shut down from 9 am to 4 pm for maintenance work.
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