Heavy power cuts of 500 MW due to Nathpa Jhakri shutdown

New Delhi, July 24 (UNI) After a satisfactory power situation for the whole of last week, the capital today witnessed a severe power crisis with the drastic shortage of power supply resulting in rotational load shedding of around 500 MW in various areas of Delhi.

The power crisis, wherein the discoms were able to meet only a demand of 3100 MW, was caused by Naptha-Jhakri Power Plant not being able to generate power since this morning due to high silt level, resulting in non-availability of 300 MW power. In addition to this, Hydel Power Plants in Himachal Pradesh also developed problems leading to non-availability of 180 MW of power. Hydel Power Plant at Uri has also stopped generating power.

Official sources said efforts were on to obtain additional power for Delhi from the East, West and Southern Regions.

The sources said the Naptha-Jhakri plant would be able to generate power from midnight.

The power crisis follows a satisfactory power situation in the capital last week with the Discoms being able to meet the power demand during the peak period, barring rotational load shedding of around 80 to 100 MW in few localities to maintain the grid discipline.

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