Power supply
New Delhi: With summer setting in, most parts of the country is likely to face power outage issues. Some states are unable to meet at least half the total demand in this season. The situation has worsened in places where state electricity boards have not secured the power they need to supply. Since many of [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The technical snags which resulted in constant thermal power plant breakdown are eventually affecting the power supply in the state. About 1100 MW of thermal power generation was affected due to the technical issues of the five thermal plants. The key reason for the recurrent occurrence of snags was due to lack of the annual shutdown and capital maintenance. [...] Continue Reading »
Political parties and other groups have demanded a revision in power tariffs from Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) pointing that it was only a partial relief to the consumers and the hike in power tariff should be withdrawn. The abolition of the 201-400 units slab and introduction of 0-400 units slab had resulted in significant [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of east Delhi have protested against power supplier BSES Yamunadue to long power outages in their areas. Residents are worried due to frequent power cuts in the Mayur Vihar Phase III, Vasundhara and Kondli areas. Residents said power supply was cut from Friday 10pm to Sunday morning, and then again on Sunday night in [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Yamunanagar town, Jind and Gurgaon, blocked the National Highway No. 73-A and also quarreled with the police protesting over power problem on Tuesday. The police even chose to a mild cane charge to scatter the protestors who were demanding regular power supply to their homes. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, told the residents [...] Continue Reading »
Due to unscheduled and lengthy power cuts and the government’s decision to increase power tariff rates have angered the residents in Noida, as they will be staging a protest outside the power department office on June 28. NP Singh, acting president, Federation of Noida Residents’ Welfare Association (Fonrwa) said due to prolonged and frequent power [...] Continue Reading »
The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited has disconnected the power supply of nearly 12 apartments in Lucknow. According to Lucknow development authority, those apartments had not got their plans sanctioned and they are illegally constructed. These apartments are in posh residential colonies like Mahanagar and Chinhat without any kind of approval from the development authority. [...] Continue Reading »
Power supply is nil in the surrounding areas of Nagasandra on Tumkur road in Bangalore. The resident’s life staying at Sobha Ruby and Sobha Platinum apartments are turning conditions worse! The apartment residents are depending on generators for power supply and this is an erratic condition from past a year. The main reason behind power [...] Continue Reading »
Parking chaos has right now grabbed the attention of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)! Now, it is time for NDMC to prepare a budget for the year 2012-13. Therefore, they are making sure of clearing all the pending civic works like; water, power supply and parking chaos in the city. Fed up with maintaining parking [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) suggested that BBMP has been assigned to take care of illegal buildings. The civic body can deny any occupancy certificate if it founds any discrepancy. KERC also tells that BESCOM does not have any right to deny power supply to such buildings. Whether the flat is legal or illegal, BESCOM has [...] Continue Reading »
