Nagpur city Load-shedding up by 45 mins !

source: timesofindia

The woes of Nagpurians suffering from load-shedding have been further compounded as Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has increased load-shedding by 45 minutes.
The MSEDCL, in a public statement, claimed that due to scanty rainfall and lower availability of power from Dabhol and Mahagenco the demand-supply gap has increased. The MSEDCL had to resort to extra high voltage (EHV) openings that is emergency load-shedding to keep the power system from collapsing.
In view of this situation the MSEDCL decided to increase load-shedding as an emergency measure. The new load-shedding schedule has come into effect from July 9.
The duration of loadshedding in Congress Nagar has been increased from 3 hours to 3 hours 45 minutes while in Mahal, Gandhibagh and Civil Lines it has been increased to 5 hours 15 minutes. The MSEDCL officials said that the reasons behind power shortage was that as a number of generators had been taken up for annual maintenance, there was a shortfall of 1,600 MW, while power generation from the Dabhol plant had come down from 1,000 MW to 300 MW. As a result, the availability of electricity has reduced from 11,000 MW to 8,700 MW.
Last year, in the month of July, there was a demand of 10,600 MW. This time, the demand has increased to 13,000 MW of electricity. “In the days to come, the state will face a more grim situation if there is no rainfall,’’ the officials said. Also, there is no scope to procure electricity from any neighbouring state or the central sector, they added.