Power Supply

Power supply hours in rural areas up from 12.5 to 23 in past decade

Stating this while chairing the meeting of the Consultative Committee of the MPs for the Ministry of Power here on Thursday, Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, said the implementation of smart meters installations, the Minister stated that smart meters benefit both consumer and distribution companies by reducing billing errors, enhancing energy efficiency, and providing greater convenience for users and help DISCOMs in reducing losses, optimisation of power purchase cost, integration of renewable energy, etc.

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Snowfall causes disruption in power supply in Kashmir: Dept fully geared, says official

KPDCL Managing Director Mussarat Islam said five 33 kV feeders out of 120 are presently under fault, while 76 out of 1118 HT 11 kV feeders were down, in view of heavy snowfall in parts of Electric Divisions Handwara, Baramulla & Kupwara

Punjab assures 24-hour power to domestic, 8-hour to farm consumers

State power minister said the import capacity (available transfer capability limit) of Punjab from outside Punjab has been enhanced to 8800 MW which is likely to be enhanced in a day or two to 9000 MW.

Erratic power supply upsetting consumers in J&K

Undeclared power cuts and frequent tripping have become a routine in the Union Territory (UT), particularly in the rural areas, even as summer is at its peak.

Power, water cuts hit Kyiv after “massive” Russian missile strikes

Almost 80 per cent of Kyiv residents on Monday faced power outages and water cuts as Russian missiles struck key infrastructure facilities.

Adani Power to export electricity to Bangladesh, promises after meeting PM Sheikh Hasina

Adani Power will commission a 1600 MW power project in Godda area of Jharkhand state and a dedicated transmission line to Bangladesh by Bijoy Dibosh (Victory Day), 16 Dec 2022.

By SNS

06 September, 2022 8 mins read

Railways spend Rs 150 crore in repairing wagons to ensure coal supplies to power plants

Indian Railways is grappling with the problem of damaged wagons that is not only affecting its normal operations but also leading to delay in coal supplies. To manage the crisis the Railways has spent more than Rs 150 crore in repairing around 2000 damaged and dilapidated wagons over the last four months to augment coal movement to power plants, official data has revealed.

By Anjali

02 May, 2022 8 mins read

Government draws up contingency plan as drought stares at Odisha

The weak and erratic monsoon has adversely affected agrarian areas across the State while the government is yet to declare any of the 30 districts in the State as drought-hit.

By SNS

24 August, 2021 8 mins read

Delhi sets target of 8500 MW power supply to meet peak demand of Summer 2022

The target for 2022 is 16 per cent higher than the current year's supply amidst the peak demand.

By SNS

04 July, 2021 8 mins read

Solar plants a boon for people in remote HP belts

Apart from this, 250 watt off grid solar power plants have been set up in the houses of one thousand BPL families in Pangi sub-division of Chamba district in December 2020 so that electrical crisis arising due to breakdown could be avoided, he added.

By Statesman News Service

15 February, 2021 8 mins read

Power Supply

Power supply hours in rural areas up from 12.5 to 23 in past decade

Snowfall causes disruption in power supply in Kashmir: Dept fully geared, says official

Punjab assures 24-hour power to domestic, 8-hour to farm consumers

Erratic power supply upsetting consumers in J&K

Power, water cuts hit Kyiv after “massive” Russian missile strikes

Adani Power to export electricity to Bangladesh, promises after meeting PM Sheikh Hasina

Railways spend Rs 150 crore in repairing wagons to ensure coal supplies to power plants

Government draws up contingency plan as drought stares at Odisha

Delhi sets target of 8500 MW power supply to meet peak demand of Summer 2022

Solar plants a boon for people in remote HP belts

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