Unscheduled load-shedding for nearly three to four hours continues to hit normal life in different parts of the region for the past few days.
The electricity supply that went off around 1 pm on Thursday could be restored only around 4 pm in different parts of the Haldwani city.Some of the parts of the Haldwani city including Gasgodam Road, R K Tent House Road, Kushumkhera, Kaladhungi Road, Kamaluwaganja, to name a few places, were reported to be hit by the unscheduled power cuts on Thursday.
With unscheduled power cuts becoming a routine affair here for the past few days, low voltage damaging the electric appliances has only added to the woes of the citizens.More so, delay in rectifying the fault in electricity distribution system has compounded on the plight of the citizens.According to the figures provided by the Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl), whereas gross availability of power in Uttarakhand is around 34.59 million unit (MU) per day i.e. about 16.14 MU per day from domestic sources, about 13.72 MU per day from Central pool and rest about 4.73 MU per day from other sources, the demand for power has gone up to 38.36 MU per day in the hill State.
Though rainy season is now at its fag end high atmospheric temperature coupled with humidity has added to the demand for electricity.