At a time when the State is reeling under an acute shortage of electricity, turbines of hydropower projects broke its old record in terms of generating electricity in a day in the State. The figures released by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl) claimed that turbines of UJVNl have generated 24.749 million units of electricity on August 3, breaking its previous records of 24.409 MU of electricity in a day on August 2 and 24.033 MU in July 20, 2015.