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Power crisis to continue in Delhi, warns official
Power crisis to continue in Delhi, warns official
The Capital will continue to reel under severe power crisis for the next few months as its distribution system is faulty and inefficient, a senior official said.
"Even if the Delhi government puts up a 500 MW new power plant in and around Delhi, it would be extremely difficult to meet the peak power requirement due to its inefficient power distribution system," said VS Verma, member (planning) of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
On an average, power shortage in the Capital is 300 MW for the peak period and efforts were on to curtail it, but these efforts would succeed provided the distribution network absorbs capacities for power transmission, he added.
"It is a paradox that during the lean period when the power requirement of Delhi is not much, it exports power to neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh and even Jammu and Kashmir," he said.
He was speaking at a seminar organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on Software Solutions for Power Utilities.
He pointed out that the CEA was facing the problem of limited choices for fuels for power generation, as India is ill equipped for power inputs.
