Maha,UP lead power outages: Assocham

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been facing acute power shortage which has led to daily power cut of over 10 hours in each state,a study has said. Of the total 8,980 million unit (mu) power deficit in the country,Maharashtra and UP have been facing deficit of 2,609 mu and 1,351mu,respectively,in this summer,Assocham secretary general DS […]

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been facing acute power shortage which has led to daily power cut of over 10 hours in each state,a study has said.

Of the total 8,980 million unit (mu) power deficit in the country,Maharashtra and UP have been facing deficit of 2,609 mu and 1,351mu,respectively,in this summer,Assocham secretary general DS Rawat said in a statement here today.

The average power demand in Maharashtra is estimated at 12,132mu against the availability of 9,523mu,it said.

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In UP,huge difference between power demand and supply has led to power cuts of over 10 hours a day,the study said,and pointed out that the situation in the Southern region–Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka,Kerala,Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry — is no better,with Andhra facing shortage of 889mu per day,Karnataka 465mu and Tamil Nadu 656mu.

Uttarakhand,which is considered as a power surplus state,has been facing an average power deficit of 86mu in this season,it said.

The study further said the Northern states like Chandigarh,Himachal Pradesh and Delhi face power deficit of 1mu,4mu and 19mu,respectively. The survey,however said,Jammu & Kashmir is the only state which faces zero power deficit.

The chamber has recommended acceleration in power generation along with harnessing non-conventional energy resources including wind,solar and tidal.

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