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Power woes in VIP areas, rain still elusive

The VIP areas in central Delhi went without power for hours on Tuesday, affecting functioning of offices and troubling people who are already braving sweltering heat.

People, who ventured out of their offices as air conditioners did not work, also had to suffer due to the heat and humid weather in the city, which is anxiously awaiting monsoon that has missed the usual 29 June onset.

Though senior New Delhi Municipal Council [NDMC] officials said there were no long outages in the area, people claimed there were power cuts during day in the last one week.

They also complained about low voltage at times, which resulted in non-use of equipment like air-conditioners.

A senior NDMC official said they were not getting enough power for supply and this has resulted in power cuts and some times to reduce voltage.

However, NDMC spokesperson Amit Prasad said there were no major problems and the power situation was normal.

‘There could be some technical problem here and there and it is being attended to immediately. The load is increasing and it sometimes results in tripping leading to power cuts. But these things are being attended to immediately,’ he said.

Many offices on Parliament Street went without power for hours during the day. ‘There was no power for hours in the office and when it came, the voltage was less. We could not run the air- conditioner. It is very uncomfortable,’ said an employee of a bank situated on the Parliament Street.

Meanwhile, it was hot and windy in the national capital with the skies partly cloudy and maximum temperature five notches above the season’s average at 40.7 degrees Celsius.

The Met office has forecast rains in some parts of the city Wednesday.

‘Light rains are expected in some parts of the city tomorrow,’ an official of the India Meteorological Department [IMD] said.

The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 40 and 32 degrees respectively. According to IMD, monsoon will arrive in the capital by the end of the week. It generally arrives in Delhi 29 June.

The scorching heat has forced the Delhi government to extend the summer vacations in its schools by a week till 9 July. Some private schools have followed suit too.

Tuesday’s minimum temperature was five notches above average at 32.6 degrees Celsius while the humidity was recorded at a high of 62 and a low of 45 percent.

Monday’s maximum temperature was six notches above average at 41.8 degrees Celsius and the minimum was five notches above at 32.3 degrees Celsius.
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