Telangana: Curfew in Andhra Pradesh town, power crisis hits state

Similarly, power from the hydel generation stood at 1,694 MW against the installed capacity of 3,937 MW.

Several gas-based power plants are also not functioning due to gas shortage.

Protests by the pro-united government employees, who are on strike since August 13, continued.  

The Cabinet sub-committee on employees issues held talks with the leaders of striking employees today to resolve the deadlock.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will meet the representatives of the agitating employees on Wednesday, State's Finance Minister A Ramanarayana Reddy told reporters.