Tripping of lines due to the excessive load and shortage of electricity in the State is continuously bothering the residents in Dehradun on Wednesday also as several areas of the capital city witnessed power cut ranging from one to three hours.
Those living in the remote areas are among the worst-affected in terms of load shedding in the Dehradun district.
Department officials told that it is surely a matter of relief for the department that the electricity generation has increased up to 16.06 million units through State-run hydro power projects but increased in the demand of electricity in the last few days has also left with no other option for the department to procure electricity from open markets for ensuring round the clock power to the consumers.
It is also equally important to mention here is that the demand of electricity was 37 million units against the availability of 36.85 million units in the State. Additionally, non-functioning of Kalagarh and Pathri hydro power projects has also increased departments woes several times for ensuring round-the-clock supply of power to the consumers.
Well-established sources revealed that transmission was stopped by Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand limited (PTCUl) due to the excessive load on 132 KV Roorkee-laksar line resulted power cut was followed in the rural parts of laksar, Haridwar.
It is also equally important to mention here is that several localities including Dl Road, Dilaram Chowk, Old Dalanwala, Dharampur, Hathi-Bar-Kala, Rajpur road, Salawala, EC road, Patel Nagar and other adjoining localities faced the power outage for nearly an hour due to breakdown on Wednesday resulted residents faced the brunt of scorching heat.
One of the department sources who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that circuit automatically breakdown in the case of excessive load. He said that lineman and mobile van team strives round-the-clock to rectify the errors for ensuring round the clock power supply to the consumers.
He expressed concern over the issue that the demand of electricity has crossed 35 million units during summer and department is forced to procure electricity from the private players for ensuring round the clock power supply to the consumers. However, he claimed that no part of the State was under emergency power cut as the gap between demand and availability of the electricity has reduced and chances are bright that availability of the electricity suppress demand in the near future with the increase in the power generation in the near future.