Following ongoing electricity correction works, Uttarakhand Power Corporation limited (UPCl) will impose power cuts partially or fully between 10 am and 6 pm in various places in the state capital on Wednesday.
UPCl on Wednesday would raise the power generating capacity of 33/11 KV sub-station, Dhakpatti, Due to extension of power capacity, customers of Malsi, Rajpur, Kainal Road, Jakhan, Kuthalget, Shahnshahi Asharam, Doon Vihar, Old Mussoorie Road and other places in the state capital, who were facing low voltage problems, would get sufficient power supply.
Following the rise in power demand up to 37 MU on Tuesday, the rural residents of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar faced one and half hour power outages by 4.30 pm.
UPCl spokesperson Madhusudan said that the demand for electricity in the State on Tuesday was 36.74 million units whereas 36.24 million units of electricity were available from the state- based hydro power units, central sectors and other sources.
UPCl received 8.53 MU from various state- based hydro power units on Tuesday. Some of the State run- hydro power projects have remained non-functional due to various reasons which are causing dips in power generation capacity of the State. Power generation has remained stalled in the Hydro Power limited Khatima (42 MW).
UPCl would get 4.8 MU power from Haryana in the form of power banking on Saturday while 1 MU would be received from Uttarakhand’s sugar mills. 2.4 MU power was received from various power agencies which were purchased by UPCl. In addition to this, we would get 5.50 MU from Indian Energy Exchanges and this would help us to bridge the deficit on Wednesday. All the customers were advised to deposit their electricity bill on UPCl website www.upcl.org any time throughout 24 hours.