Tag: electricity
Sri Lanka's Public Utilities Commission announced that there will be 10-hour daily power cuts from Wednesday. ....
India’s electricity production went up by a robust 15.06 per cent to 167.55 billion units in May this year compared to 145.61 billion in the same month last year, as demand surged amid the scorching heat wave, according to the monthly report of Central Electricity Authority.....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the prevailing coal shortage situation that has struck the national capital for the third month in a row, affecting power generation in the city. ....
Blaming the Centre over the ongoing coal crisis row, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said the Centre is running away from the issue of shortage of power production. Referring to the oxygen crisis during the peak of second wave of Covid-19, the Deputy Chief Minister alleged that the Central government always neglects real issues. "The coal situation is similar to the Oxygen crisis. However, the Centre won't accept it," he said. Criticising Union Power Minister R.K. Singh, Sisodia said he is sad on the 'irresponsibl....
Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that in this festive season, his government was buying electricity at a cost up to Rs 22 per unit from outside sources because he did not wish to dampen the spirit of festivals. ....
The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government on Saturday in Punjab is likely to announce 300 units of free electricity to households, sources said. ....
The Delhi government has expressed concern over the possible shortage of coal in the power plants that supply electricity to the national capital. ....
As the electricity generation was hit due to coal shortage in the country, its effect has started showing in Bihar with many districts facing more than 10 hours of power outage for the last few days. ....
In the wake of an increasing power crisis in Rajasthan, the state government has decided to make scheduled power cuts from Thursday. ....
A week on, Shimla struggles to cope with record snowfall....