Power Supply
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Delhi's peak power demand expected to touch record high of 5,400 MW this winter season
India | Nov 09, 2020, 01:46 PM ISTThe peak power demand in Delhi is expected to touch a record high of 5,400 MW this winter season, discom officials said on Monday. The peak power demand of Delhi in the last winter season was 5,343 MW on January 1, 2020, they said.
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Power supply to entire UP village cut off for not clearing dues
India | Nov 03, 2019, 04:10 PM ISTAll 300 consumers in the Jahanpura village, under the Kairana police station limits, have not cleared their electricity bills amounting to Rs 91.88 lakh despite reminders being issued to them, said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation's Sub Divisional Officer Atul Yadav
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Disconnect water, power for 27 ex MPs overstaying in official homes
India | Oct 15, 2019, 04:10 PM ISTAccording to the rules, former MPs have to vacate their bungalows within one month of dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha.
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Chhattisgarh villagers receive electricity bill without power supply
India | Sep 21, 2019, 01:50 PM ISTOn being asked, a villager said, people cook in the dark and children study under oil lamps in the village.
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Jharkhand CM directs officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply
India | Jul 06, 2019, 10:43 AM ISTAccording to an official release on Friday, the Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said, work relating to electricity production, transmission line and sub-station is in progress so that the people of the state could get uninterrupted electricity in the coming days.
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Government takes steps to ensure power supply in Srinagar and Jammu
India | Jun 21, 2019, 09:19 AM ISTAn official statement said today, "The establishment of SCADA/DMS is a major step towards realizing the vision of 24x7 Power Supply to all consumers in the twin cities.
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After Bangladesh, Tripura supplying power to Nepal
India | Jun 19, 2019, 03:47 PM IST"We have been supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal since April. As Tripura has surplus electricity, we are exporting power to Nepal besides Bangladesh," Dev Varma, who also holds the power portfolio, told the media.
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Cyclone Vayu: Power supply disrupted in 560 Gujarat villages
India | Jun 13, 2019, 02:41 PM ISTThe Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) chalked out an action plan well in advance in view of the cyclone threat, the state government-promoted company's in-charge managing director Shahmeena Husain told PTI.
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Yogi Adityanath govt orders 24-hour power supply at 100 prominent temples during 'Navratri'
India | Mar 18, 2018, 10:09 AM ISTPower Minister Shrikant Sharma informed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also directed officials to make any necessary arrangements before the festival starts.
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Saubhagya: PM Modi to launch 'power for all' scheme on September 25, says R K Singh
National | Sep 23, 2017, 03:14 PM ISTThe government has been working hard to electrify all villages in the country and wants to achieve 24X7 power for all by 2019.
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UP: CM Adityanath orders uninterrupted power supply in villages
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UP govt signs 'power' pact with Centre to ensure 24-hr supply
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Villages in UP to get 18-hour electricity from today
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Yogi’s 2nd cabinet meet: 24 hrs electricity in district HQs, relief for potato farmers
National | Apr 11, 2017, 05:03 PM ISTContinuing his approach of speedy action and hard-hitting decisions, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will chair the second cabinet meet today.
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In a first, India now a net exporter of power, says Power Ministry
Mar 29, 2017, 05:10 PM ISTIn a significant turn of events for a country known earlier for its crippling power situation and severe infrastructural woes, India has now become a net exporter of electricity for the first time during the
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Delhi's power demand rises to 6044 MW, a new record
India | May 19, 2016, 07:52 PM ISTDelhi's power demand today broke all previous records, breaching the 6,000 MW mark for the first time
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50 million homes in India yet to access electricity: Piyush Goyal
Mar 26, 2016, 06:34 PM ISTThere are 50 million rural homes without access to electricity, union Minister Piyush Goyal said here on Friday.
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Delhi government sanctions infrastructure projects to meet power demands
India | Jul 05, 2015, 11:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi government has sanctioned new infrastructure projects to strengthen transmission system and meet increasing power demands in the national capital. According to a senior government official, a number of 220 KV and 400
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Kejriwal tasks departments with halving power rates
National | Feb 16, 2015, 11:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday tasked the finance and power departments with preparing proposals to halve power rates and provide free supply of water, up to 20,000 litres per month, to every
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Uninterrupted power to farmers in next two years: Piyush Goyal
National | Nov 15, 2014, 02:44 PM ISTPatna: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the Narendra Modi government has decided to provide "uninterrupted electricity through dedicated feeders to farmers" across the country in the next two years."We have begun