Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has sought a clarification from the Haryana government on the power situation, claiming that people were reeling under power cuts due to its apathetic attitude.
Rising temperature has sent the power demand across the state soaring with people running their air conditioners, coolers and fans for long hours.
The peak power load in Rajasthan in May this year go up by 180 MWs compared to last year.
Many localities of west and south Bengaluru will not have power this weekend. Bescom said due to urgent maintenance work, there will be power cuts on from 8am Saturday to 8pm Sunday.
The contractual workers, protesting under the banner of the Labour Contract Society (LCS), said they had been recruited four decades ago to the posts of helper, storekeeper and supervisor.
Thailand’s Global Power Synergy Pcl plans to buy a 250-megawatt power project from Thai Oil Pcl for $757 million, the companies said on Friday.
The power distribution companies in the national capital saved 258 megawatt (MW) of electricity during sixty minutes of the Earth Hour observed on Saturday night.
India’s capital Delhi will soon get 131 public charging stations for electric vehicles, providing people with easy access to recharging facilities. Significantly, the locations of these charging stations have been decided so as to cater to the charging needs of electric vehicles coming from adjoining cities of Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad as well.
It’s a no-brainer that the strength of the summer sun in India’s north can fulfil the power demands of the region’s cities.
The capital’s power demand is expected to cross 7,400 megawatts (MW) this summer — around 400MW more than last year.
