India's electricity consumption grows 14 pc in November; experts say it indicates sustained recovery
Business | Dec 01, 2022, 05:10 PM ISTAn increase in power consumption means economic activities stepped up which is a news for India.
An increase in power consumption means economic activities stepped up which is a news for India.
Karnataka: The lineman was on his way to rectify a faulty feeder. He had to swim across a lake to get to the feeder.
Power plants are operating at full throttle to meet the demand, and the govt has ordered coal import to meet the shortfall in domestic supplies.
The coal being sourced on behalf of the state generating companies (gencos) and independent power plants is based on the indents received from them.
Instead of handling the "dilapidated" condition of water and power supply in Delhi, Kejriwal is offering "false" promises to the people of other states where polls are to be held, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari alleged.
The Delhi government will now ask people whether they want to avail subsidy on electricity. From October 1, only those consumers who opt for it will be provided the subsidy," he said during an online briefing.
Satyendar Jain held an emergency meeting to assess the situation and wrote to the Centre requesting it to ensure adequate coal availability to power plants that supply electricity to the national capital.
On average, power plants in India are a having coal stock of 22 mt and on an average daily 2.1 mt coal is replaced with plants. So, no shortage of coal will arise in the country, sources said. Power plants in India still have 10 days of stock and the country has coal stock of more than 30 days, the sources added.
There is a possible power shortage in states like- Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu.
Several areas of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed electricity outages as linemen to senior engineers begin their indefinite strike on Saturday against the government's privatisation move and failure of two-round talks.
The US' first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president Harris broke another barrier as she became the first woman to hold presidential powers in the country.
Addressing the event on Monday, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh said, "India is already ahead of what we pledged in our Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)."
Democracy needs the power of truth to survive, and as such one can consider "speaking truth to power" as a right as well as the duty of every citizen in a democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday.
After a brief power outage at Maharashtra Secretariat Building on Friday, the electricity supply was restored in seven minutes.
Power demand in India, which had gone down during the lockdown period due to several industries, businesses temporarily suspended operations, has got back to the pre-lockdown levels.
The peak winter power demand in the national capital touched an all-time high of 5,343 MW on new year's day, a discom spokesperson said. According to State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), Delhi, the peak power demand reached 5,343 MW at 11.11 AM on January 1 when the minimum temperature was 2.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the last six years.
The Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU), the power distribution company of Odisha, has asked domestic consumers to pay their arrears before January 15 or face disconnection of power supply. The arrears from domestic consumers and commercial consumers stand at Rs 1,971 crore.
Power services in cyclone 'Bulbul' hit areas in West Bengal and Odisha have been restored on Monday, while telecommunication links are expected to be back soon.
Manzoor Ahmad, an inspector in the PDD, fell off a pole and died on the spot, the officials said.
"The President is the Constitutional head... He's not in anybody's pocket. Issuing such a threat is an insult to the public mandate," Raut said sharply.
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