Although shutdown was done by Uttar Pradesh on Muzaffarnagar-Puhana 400 KV transmission line on Friday, but several cities of the State remained untouched with the power outage with the help of power system operation control in Uttarakhand.
It is also equally important to mention here is that shutdown was planned from 9 am to 5 pm by Uttar Pradesh on Friday and was also expected that several cities in the Garhwal division would have faced the power outage.
After considering the plight of especially those residents, who are living in Garhwal division of the State, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) Managing Director SS Yadav urged power system operation control, CEO SK Soni, who accepted his request and shutdown was not taken place.
Interestingly, several areas of Kumaon division of Uttarakhand witnessed power outage due to the technical snags at 160 MVA
transformer on 400 KV Kashipur sub-station besides, non-continuous Industry
also faced the power outage from 6 am to 1.12 pm
on Friday. Additionally, UPCl also implemented power rostering in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand in order tomeet with the demand of electricity in the State.
The rural areas of districts faced the power outage for nearly five hours whereas the small towns of Garhwal and Kumaon division of Uttarakhand which include Roorkee, Rudrapur, Haldwani faced the power outage for nearly two hours on Friday.
The department strictly implemented the power shutdown for nearly seven hours at steel furnaces in order to meet with the demand of electricity in the State.
Department sources revealed that the department has been continuously procuring electricity to meet with the demand of electricity, which is hovering around 32 million units per day. Sources confirmed that the department will receive 8.5 million units of electricity on Saturday to meet with the demand of electricity in the State.