Power cut in the State

Three major cities exempted

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the Minister for Energy Mohd.Ali Shabbir said that all towns in the State down to mandal headquarters will faced power cut daily from now onwards. However, three major cities Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam were exempted from the power cut. He ordered the officials of the AP Transco to cut supply to the urban areas wherever required to save crops. The situation is likely to continue till November.

AP Transco Chairman and Managing Director Rachel Chatterjee said the State had been already overdrawing 18 mu daily from the Central General stations at a cost of Rs.8 crores a day to meet the increased demand. During the period from April 10 to September 5, it paid Rs.184 crores. He attributed the shortage to the steep hike in demand following abrupt increase in agriculture load to 35 per cent with farmers sowing vast areas going by initial good rain. The demand reached an all time high of 175 mu on August 26 compared to 154 mu the same day last year.

The Minister said while shortage continued, districts began to draw more power than their quota. Even than, the utilities were able to ensure uninterrupted seven hour supply to agricultural sector except from August 29 to September 4, 2006.

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