Gzb, Noida reel under severe power crisis, face long outages
12 Aug 2014 11:59 PM GMT
Most of areas in the two cities have been witnessing six to ten hours of power cut every day. The rural areas are worst affected with over twelve hours of power outages on a daily basis. A number of social organisations and residents’ forums have threatened to protest against the power outages in the cities.
Much to the plight of residents, the officials of power department have stated that ‘situation is very bad. Things are unlikely to improve in coming days as the major power plants - Anpara at Sonbhadra has tripped, and another Vishnu Prayag hydel plant in Uttarakhand is not operating to its full capacity due to floods in the state.’
Noida and Ghaziabad are now facing a shortfall of nearly 300 MW. ‘One of the machines of the Anpara plant has suffered a breakdown leading to a shortage of 500 MW’, a power department official said, requesting anonymity. The power demand in Noida has gone above 1,100 MW while the supply has been reduced to 750 MW only.
In Ghaziabad, supply is ranging between 850 MW to 1,000 MW as against the demand of 1,500 MW.
‘We cannot meet electricity demand as there is huge supply shortage. We have no option but to cut power for few hours in the region’, said Arvind Rajvedi, superintendent engineer at Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, a subsidiary body of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited.
Much to the plight of residents, the officials of power department have stated that ‘situation is very bad. Things are unlikely to improve in coming days as the major power plants - Anpara at Sonbhadra has tripped, and another Vishnu Prayag hydel plant in Uttarakhand is not operating to its full capacity due to floods in the state.’
Noida and Ghaziabad are now facing a shortfall of nearly 300 MW. ‘One of the machines of the Anpara plant has suffered a breakdown leading to a shortage of 500 MW’, a power department official said, requesting anonymity. The power demand in Noida has gone above 1,100 MW while the supply has been reduced to 750 MW only.
In Ghaziabad, supply is ranging between 850 MW to 1,000 MW as against the demand of 1,500 MW.
‘We cannot meet electricity demand as there is huge supply shortage. We have no option but to cut power for few hours in the region’, said Arvind Rajvedi, superintendent engineer at Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, a subsidiary body of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited.
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