Telangana Bandh: More Power Cuts

The Energy Department on Thursday appealed to the general public to conserve power, especially in view of the shortage due to the ongoing general strike in the Telangana region.

According to the Energy Department, the present scarcity of coal and gas due to non-availability, transport problems and subsequent decrease in inflows into the reservoirs, has led to a severe shortage of power to the extent of around 12.6 MU per day. The

The Department said that it there was no choice but to impose load shedding to ensure grid stability.

The current power demand in the state is 258.4 MU, and AP utilities have supplied 245.8 MU with a deficit of 12.6 MU.

APGENCO thermal units have supplied 81.37 MU to the grid with a hydel generation of 48.38 MU. The hydel inflows into Srisailam are around 28,700 cusecs, and generation is being done limiting to 50,000 cusecs from Srisailam. Around 24 MU has been generated at Srisailam, and 11 MU has been generated at Nagarjuna Sagar.

APGENCO is trying to supplement coal by getting additional rakes from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL) and Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL).

In addition, it is also procuring 1 lakh MT of imported coal. In sum, around 1,165 MW is being purchased from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana, and other states by way of banking and other means, to meet the requirements of state.

Therefore, the Energy Department says, conservation of power would help fight the ongoing crisis. (INN)