Rise in temperature aggravates power problem
Kiran Deep
Tribune News Service

Yamunanagar, April 10
With the rise in temperature coupled with decline in power generation due to non-functioning of the two units of two thermal plants, power problems have further aggravated in the state.

While people of rural areas of many districts had been facing more than 16 hours of power cuts, cuts of over eight hours had been extended to the cities, revealed sources.

Sources said the state had been facing a shortage of 250 lakh units per day. While power consumption of the state had been increased to 833 lakh units, power supply from all sources in the state was 602 lakh units per day. “Haryana’s own generation is 1,097 MW while the state is also resorting to over drawl to the tune of 33 lakh units from the northern grid,” sources added.

The power shortage has surfaced with the closure of one unit of 600 MW of Hisar thermal plant that was tripped on Thursday evening due to boiler leakage and expected to become operational tomorrow while 210 MW unit number- 5 of the super thermal plant has also tripped. Besides, 250 MW unit number 7 and 110 MW unit number-1 of the Panipat thermal plant has been shut down for annual maintenance.

Besides, power deficiency had further increased due to a manifold increase in the use of ACs and coolers in the state for the past one week triggered by the rise in temperature, sources further said.