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Power crisis haunts the Capital

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI JAN. 9. Several parts of the Capital were in the grip of a major power crisis emanating from transmission snag and problems in the gas turbine station at Raj Ghat. It was for the third consecutive day that several parts of Delhi experienced long unscheduled load-shedding leaving people to suffer under severe cold wave conditions. Though the Centre yesterday released an additional 100 MW of power as demanded by the Delhi Government, the shortage still continued to hit people. The Unit IV at Badarpur power plant, which had stopped functioning due to a leakage in a boiler causing shortage of around 220 MW, has now started functioning. This might bring some respite to the people.

Meanwhile, Power Grid Corporation officials have informed that even the two main transmission lines -- Dadri- Mandola and Rihand-Dadri -- were also down due to the inclement weather which in turn had badly affected transmission of power, thus leading to shortage in different parts.

The areas which have been badly affected include Vikaspuri, Rohini, Pitampura, Shalimar Bagh, Tilak Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Dilshad Garden, Chitranjan Park, Malviya Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Rajouri Garden and Paschim Vihar where power cut of as long as eight hours has been reported. Similarly, several trans-Yamuna localities including Laxmi Nagar, Shakarpur, Patparganj, Mayur Vihar, Gandhi Nagar, Shahdara, Anand Vihar and Yamuna Vihar besides several colonies in South and North Delhi were also badly affected by power crisis.

Delhiites have had to face grave difficulties due to the unscheduled power-cuts affecting their day-to-day functioning. Their repeated complaints at different call centres fell on deaf ears.

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