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Punjab faces power crisis Ropar, May 24 The sources in the PSEB informed that the state had been facing a shortage of 60 lakh units every day. The total demand of power in the state is 950 lakh units these days while from all sources, including the thermal, hydel power generation and central grid, the state has been receiving a total of only 890 lakh units. The state has been getting an average of 320 lakh units from the thermal plants in the state, 270 lakh units from the hydel power, including 113 lakh units from the BBMB and 300 lakh units from the central grid, the sources informed. The sources informed that the unit-III was closed yesterday after a fault developed in its turbine. It required two days to cool down the system and a fault could be found out thereafter. Seeing the gravity of power shortage, the member (generation) PSEB, Mr H.M Jain, also visited the thermal plant to review the situation. At present, out of six units of 210 mw each, only four has been functioning as another sixth unit of the thermal plant has been closed for the maintenance purpose. Besides it, two units one in Lehra Mohabbat and one in Bathinda thermal plant have already been closed for the maintenance purposes. While talking to The Tribune over phone after a visit to the thermal plant, Mr H.M Jain said a team of BHEL officials were called here to access the damages in unit. The fault would be discovered only after the turbine cooled down. He said the power crisis would be contained after the two closed units one in Ropar and another in Lehra Mohabbat of 210 mw capacity each, would become operational from June 1. The state would have an additional supply of 100 lakh units every day. He added that this year the state would face less power cuts than last year. “From June 1, we will able to meet the power required for the paddy crop, he added. When contacted, the General Manager of the thermal plant, Mr R.S Sohal, said the unit-III had been closed after technical problems developed in it. The exact cause of damages could be known after two days, when the unit would cool down. PANCHKULA: A sudden outage in the recently commissioned seventh and eighth units of Tau Devi Lal Thermal Power Plant at Panipat led to a severe power shortage and power cuts on all categories of consumers in Haryana. Officials in the Haryana Power Utilities (HPU) informed that the power availability in the state fell by 500 mw on Tuesday when the two units of 250 mw each at Panipat developed a technical snag. The urban consumers in the state had to make do with five to six hours of unscheduled power cuts, and industrial consumers, too, felt the heat as power supply was cut off for half an hour. In the rural areas of Haryana, light load restrictions were imposed. As compared to a daily two phase supply from 6 pm to 6 am, the power supply from rural feeders has been reduced from 7.30 pm to 6 am. Officials in the HPU said efforts were being made to bring the two generating units on bars by officials of Haryana Power Generation Corporation. They assured that while one of the units would be made operational by late evening, the generation from the second unit would begin by Wednesday.  |
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