PSEB ENFORCES DAY-LONG POWER CUTS IN URBAN AREAS OF PUNJAB

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PSEB ENFORCES DAY-LONG POWER CUTS IN URBAN AREAS OF PUNJAB

Patiala July 11:
The power position in Punjab has further worsened as Punjab Electricity Board (PSEB) has enforced day long cuts in urban areas for 12 hours and 16 hours cut in rural domestic supply.
The power cuts in Punjab is becoming severe, as PSEB is facing the shortage in the availability of power. One unit of Singrouli power plant (500 MW) of NTPC is out of generation since June 23. Its revival date was earlier given as July 8 and now it has been revised to July 18. Another unit of 200 MW is also out due to the Boiler tube leakage and shall be revived on July 11. PSEB is losing 70 MW which means 17 Lus per day.
One unit of GGSSTP Ropar, which was out of generation since June 15, 2008 due to fire in the cable gallery has been lighted up on Wednesday now the Board will get 210 mw /50 lus per day from this unit. Due to widespread rains in pit head areas, wet coal is being received which is causing frequent choking in the coal path to boiler bunkers and is affecting generation to some extent. BBMB has drastically reduced releases of water from Pong reservoir to 1000 cusecs only, depriving PSEB of the additional generation at Mukerian Hydel Project.
However Irrigation Authorities have been requested to increase the releases so as to get increased generation from Mukerian Hydel Project. Other States like Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Naidu and Gujarat etc. are also facing huge power shortages due to outages of their generating plants whereas normally they should have been surplus in power during this period of monsoon and in turn is affecting the frequency of the national grid, said YS Ratra, chairman, PSEB.
Patiala residents spend sleepless night: Patiala residents are not new to prolonged spell of power cuts. There was virtual blackout on Wednesday. People in the city have spent sleepless night in humid weather conditions as no power through out the night. Residents of Malwa Enclave, Malwa Colony, Good Erath Colony and Officers Colony have being sweating whole the night as the batteries of their invertors went off during mid night.
They have also faced water problem as their is no power no motor of MC have worked as there was no arrangement of generators at MC tube wells. Similar breakdown was occurred on June 15 and residents spent sleepless night in similar conditions. The resident got only 18 hours power since Tuesday morning till Thursday morning and spent 30 hours without power.
 
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