The reduced power generation from the hydro power stations and steep decline in the availability from the central pool compounded the problem of power availability in the State.
The Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) carried a power outage of 4 hours in the rural areas of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar. Similarly the towns of Garhwal and Kumaon faced a cut of 2 hours and the people of mountainous areas faced an outage of 1 hour on Wednesday. The industry also faced brunt of the outage as SIDCUl, Haridwar, Jwalapur and Non Continuous industry of SIDCUl in Pantnagar faced an outage of 2 hours.
The spokesman of UPCl said that hydro power stations of the state generated only 10.85 Million Units (MUs) of power on Tuesday. The state received 8.50 MU of power on Wednesday against the allotted 16 MUs from the central pool escalating the power problem. The UPCl would undertake lopping chopping work on the 11 KV Ghanta Ghar feeder on Thursday due to which Rajpur road, Ghanta Ghar, Paltan Bazar and Onkar road areas would face outage from 7 am to 11 am.