Power situation satisfactory in Delhi

New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) The Delhi Government today said the power situation in the capital was satisfactory with the peak demands of 3541 MW being met.

This information was given in a meeting held by Chief Secretary R Narayanswami with discom officials and those from the power department today to review the power situation in Delhi.

At the meeting, attended by Director(Operation) Transco and senior officers of NDMC, Discoms and Power Department, the chief secretary was informed that there was no report of load shedding.

The resumption of power generation at the Salal Hydel Plant and the Rihand Power Plant had enabled increase in supply of 130 MW power for Delhi.

In the last few days, Delhi has not been getting its share of 60 MW from the Salal-Hydal power plant because of the plant being affected with silt. Apart from this, supply of 70 MW from the 500 MW Rihand Power Plant has also been suspended because of boiler tube leakage.

The last week has witnessed a normalisation of the power situation in Delhi, which had, during the previous week witnessed severe shortages in power supply due to the peak power demand touching the 3900 MW mark. The situation was compounded by the shutdown of the 300 MW Badarpur power plant and the Nathpa Jhakri power plant.

However, the monsoon rains hitting the capital on Sunday somewhat eased the power situation by bringing down the power demand by as much as 400 MW.

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