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Delhi approaches Centre as UP fails to release water

New Delhi: WITH Uttar Pradesh failing to provide water to the Capital yet again, the Delhi government today approached the Centre for immediate intervention to tackle the water crisis. We are making all efforts to get water. Even UP has not refused to give water to us. I spoke to the Union Power Ministry again to release water from Tehri dam, said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. She said UP had run out of excuses for not releasing water to Delhi since there was enough water in the Tehri dam.

Delhi power woes to continue

NEW DELHI: Get ready for more power cuts. There is a shortage of nearly 500 MW of power in Delhi and the severe power crisis will not improve over the next few days, says a power ministry official. Delhis principal secretary (power) Rakesh Mehta said that two plants - in Ballabhgarh and Badarpur - have stopped functioning due to technical problems and the situation is unlikely to improve over the next three days. We are negotiating with Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat to purchase power and hope we will be able to get at least 250 MW of power within next

CISF to check power theft in Delhi

Delhis private power distribution companies have engaged the Central Industrial Security Force to check power theft, reports CNBC-TV18. Delhi governmnet will get a dedicated CISF battalion to curtail power theft. 3 discoms in Delhi will get one battalion of 120 CISF personnel each. Power theft of 30% amounts to Rs 2,500 crore of loss annually. Earlier private discoms along with Delhi Police used to tackle the problem of power theft.

Power cuts: Delhi worst affected

New Delhi: Summers here, and so are powercuts and load shedding. Delhi is the worst hit as far as power shortage is concerned. This summer is going to be bad for all Metros as they struggle with the enormous shortfall in supply. In Delhi its takes little to turn a optimist into a pessimist. The Longwani family in West Delhi faces daily power cuts of two to four hours. With daughter Aparna Longwani preparing for her college final year exams power has become a major irritant for the family. As summer heats up Delhi the problem is only expected to

Minimal load-shedding in Delhi as power consumption dips

New Delhi : The national capital got some respite from the tormenting power outages today as there was negligible loadshedding in the city due to a sharp decrease in electricity demand. Reeling under a severe electricity shortage, resulting in power cuts and blackouts for the last several days, residents of the city heaved a sigh of relief as there was only 18 mw loadshedding throughout the day. There was a significant dip in power demand in the city because offices were closed today due to Sunday, a transco official said. The peak power demand was 3059 mw today as compared