With an aim to prevent tripping at grid due to the excessive over loading, the State power department has been following regular load shedding in the Garhwal and division of Uttarakhand.
Department sources told that the preventing of grid to trip is most important for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the consumers of the State. Unable to cope up with the gap between the demand and supply of the electricity in the State, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited has been implementing scheduled load shedding in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.
Department figures clearly highlighted the demand of electricity is hovering between 32-35 million units against the availability of 30-32 million units. Well established sources revealed that the department is implementing load shedding of nearly seven hours in the rural areas of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand.
Additionally, the six hours of load shedding has been also implemented in the small towns of Garhwal division which includes landhora, Manglore, laksar, Bahadrabad, Dhakrani, Selaqui, Sahaspur, Vikasnagar, Doiwala, Kotdwar, Jwalapur, Jaspur Town, Kichha Town, Khatima, Ramnagar, Gadarpur Town and Bazpur whereas other towns like Roorkee and Rudrapurs are facing the power cut of nearly three hours in a day.
The non continuous industries are also facing the problem of the power cut for nearly seven hours in a day due to the acute shortage of electricity in the State. It is also noteworthy that the Maneri Bhalli I and II, Kalagarh ad Patthri hydro power project has failed to generate electricity and also became on the reasons for the gap between the demand and supply of electricity in Uttarakhand.
The Chilla hydro power project was also reported to be closed after experiencing technical snags. Sources confirmed that the problem of over load is reported at 400KV Meerut-Muzzafarnagar line due to the closure of Vishnuprayag project and the department is strictly implementing load shedding in order to prevent grid failure.
One of the department sources who wished anonymity told The Pioneer that the regular load shedding has been implementing in the Garhwal and Kumaon division of Uttarakhand to meet with the demand of electricity in Uttarakhand.