The incessant rainfall in the State has brought cheer to the faces of the farmers, but these rains have severely affected the power generation in the State.
The silt caused by heavy rainfall has reduced the hydro power generation of the State to only 8.47 MU on Saturday which means that the State is generating only one third of its targeted production of 24 MU from its hydro power stations.
The 198 MW Maneri Bhali Phase I, 304 MW Maneri Bhali Phase II, 198 MW Kalagarh, 34 MW Dhakrani, 51 MW Dhalipur and 30 MW Kulhal hydro power stations have stopped generating power due to the silt factor.
The Khatima and 240 MW Chibro hydro power stations are also generating power much below their capacity.
The Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) spokesperson Madhusudan said that on Saturday the 60 MW power scheduled from the central pool was not available to the state due to shutdowns in the Rihand and Dadari thermal power stations on Saturday.
The loss in power generation coupled with less supply from the central pool has adversely affected the power situation in the State.
The rural areas of Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar district faced a power cut of 4.30 hours on Saturday similarly the towns of Garhwal division faced a power cut of 3 hour while the towns of Kumaon division faced an outage for 45 minutes.
The Rudrapur, Kashipur and Haldwani towns faced a power cut of 1.30 hours.
The UPCl forced a power cut of 3 hours on SIDCUl of Garhwal and Kumaon divisions and 2 hours in non continous industry of Garhwal division. On Sunday the areas of Dehradun city falling under the 11 KV Niranjanpur feeder were severely affected by the maintenance works undertaken by the UPCl.
The residents of Green Park, Chaman Vihar, GMS Road, Sevla Kalan, sangam, Vyomprastha, Alaknanda Enclave, Kali Mandir, Pushpanjali and Chakkitola areas of the city faced power outage for many hours.