Power crisis aggravates
Kiran Deep
Tribune News Service

Yamunanagar, March 23
The power scenario today further worsened in the state due to rise in consumption, triggered by an increase in the day temperature.

The state has been facing a shortage of 130 lakh units per day which has resulted in power cuts ranging between 12 and 14 hours in rural areas and eight and 10 hours in urban areas.

According to sources, the state gets 800 lakh units power supply from all sources, whereas the demand has touched 930 lakh units per day, Giving details, the sources said during peak load hours, the state had been facing a shortage of 812 MW. It’s just the beginning of summer and the power is likely to worsen, fear villagers.

Besides the rise in demand, less generation of power in thermal plants of the state has also led to power shortage. One unit (110 MW) of the super thermal plant in Panipat has been shut down due to technical reasons while unit-2 (300 MW) of the Yamunanagar thermal plant has been generating only 180 MW, the sources added.