Power cuts News

Most of the areas in India are facing heatwaves. But if there is a power crisis in the midst of such scorching heat, then the problems increase manifold. But the big question is who is the real culprit behind the power cuts in India?

Peak power demand in India has hit an all-time high. The maximum all-India demand touched 2,07,111 MW on Friday.

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

The national capital witnessed its lowest ever power cuts in the current financial year that also saw the highest ever peak power demand, according to a Delhi government data.

CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday warned the BSES Yamuna officials in Seelampur constituency that there should be no power cuts during Iftar and Sehri.

A heat wave has led Argentina's government to schedule two days of power cuts in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas.

Thousands of military personnel and social activists were engaged in a major operation of supplying food, water and blankets to thousands trapped in water-logged neighbourhoods.

South Carolina residents today reeled under the effects of weekend flooding that killed at least 11 people and left tens of thousands without power or drinking water.

Power cuts in Odisha will continue till June 2016 due to shortage of water in various reservoirs in the state, Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das said on Saturday.

Fewer power cuts are likely in India this summer after a surge in output at Coal India helped generators amass record stocks, a turnaround for Narendra Modi who had to battle a power crisis within months of becoming prime minister last May.

Peak power deficit in the country reduced to 3.3 percent last month due to improved coal supplies, generation capacity addition and connectivity of the southern transmission network with the National Grid.

With coal unions across the country planning to go on a 5-day strike starting Tuesday in protest against the coal block allocation ordinance, India may face long power cuts for the next one week or so.

Disturbed over power cuts across Mumbai, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra Tuesday warned that this could be "a threat to the India story".