Exceeding the electricity supply on the night of Diwali last year, power companies in Madhya Pradesh successfully ensured the supply of record 20,20,31,000 units of power thereby creating a record of sorts.
The situation of electricity supply on all the three days, from November 9 to 11, was better in comparison to previous year.
In the State, more power was supplied than last year on three days during Diwali this year.
Record 20,20,31,000 units of power were supplied on Diwali on November 11 compared to 17,71,4,000 units last year.
This amount increased by 14 per cent. The peak power demand on Diwali was 9,178 MW against 7,901 MW last year. It is an increase of 16 per cent.
Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla, Principal Secretary Energy ICP Kesari and Managing Director of MP Power Management Company Sanjay Kumar Shukla have congratulated all power companies, engineers and employees for ensuring constant power generation and smooth supply during festival of lights.
Maximum 20,62,19,000 units of power were supplied on Narak Chaudas on November 10, a day before Diwali compared to 17,99,23,000 units last year. This is 15 per cent more than last year.
Peak hour demand on Narak Chaudas was 9,582 MW, which is 18 per cent more than last year's power supply of 8,150 MW. On Dhanteras on November 9 this year, 20,63,65,000 units of power were supplied.