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Electricity crisis News
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In the last few days, many news of the poor system of the electricity department came to light from Uttar Pradesh. The situation can be gauged from the fact that when the Energy Minister himself came to inspect, the electricity in the area was lost.
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Union Power Minister claimed that the figures of the stock provided by the Delhi government were not correct.
On Friday, Delhi power minister Satyendar Jain claimed that some power plants in the national capital have stock for only a day and raised an alarm on the issue.
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P Chidambaram has taken a jibe at the Centre over the power crisis.
Congress leader said that the govt has found the 'perfect solution' to it which is to cancel passenger trains.
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Peak power demand in India has hit an all-time high.
The maximum all-India demand touched 2,07,111 MW on Friday.
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Delhi's Power Minister Satyendar Jain held an emergency meeting to assess the situation
He wrote to the Centre requesting it to ensure adequate coal availability to power plants that supply electricity to the national capital
Rajasthan has scheduled four hours of power cuts for factories, while power outages have hit Haryana, Andhra Pradesh among others
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Maharashtra Energy Minister said that 12 states are facing electricity issues due to shortage of coal.
He said that his department was working to mitigate the shortfall in the state with micro-level planning.
He said that there was no load-shedding in the state for the past five to six days due to this micro-level planning.
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Maharashtra government claimed that it has shortage of coal which could lead to power crisis in the state.
Centre clarified that Maharashtra is receiving more coal at present than in March this year.
The Coal Ministry further stated that coal supply to thermal plants is increasing in tandem with increase in demand for power.
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In India, 70% of electricity is produced from coal, but due to the shortage of coal in the country, electricity production is also decreasing. Due to this, people may be forced to live in darkness for some days.
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8 power plants in Uttar Pradesh have stopped functioning due to coal shortage.
Six other power plants have been shut in the state due to other reasons.
Currently, the power demand stands at about 20,000 to 21,000 MW.
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Coal shortage across the country has led to reduced power generation.
Delhi might go through intermittent rotational load shedding in coming days.
Tata Power had started sending messages to its customers on Saturday.
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SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal has slammed the Punjab govt over the power crisis in the state
Badal said that industries are suffering huge losses amid the electricity crisis
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Politics has heated up in Punjab over the power crisis. Aam Aadmi Party demonstrated against the state government in Siswan and surrounded the farmhouse of CM Captain Amarinder Singh. The police had to use water cannons to control the protesters.
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A total of 337 villages in 12 states were electrified during last week, ending March 20, under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, an official statement said on Monday.
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