July 25, 2008

Jharkhand witnesses 12.3% power shortage in 11 months

Mr Sushilkumar Shinde union minister for power said that Jharkhand has witnessed 12.3% shortage both in terms of energy and peak during the April 2007 to February 2008 period.

Mr Shinde said that as most of the states and UT have been facing power shortages, requests for additional allocation out of unallocated power are received from many of them from time to time. The unallocated power of central generating stations being limited, additional allocation is provided to the extent possible only after reducing the allocation of other states and UT keeping in view the nature of requirement and their relative power supply position.

He further added that, keeping in view the request received from Jharkhand, additional 40 MW power was allocated to the state from the unallocated power of NTPC stations in the eastern region with effect from December 29th 2007. Thus, the total power made available to Jharkhand by the Government of India stands as 307 MW in the installed capacity of central generating stations and hydro power stations of Bhutan.