With the mercury shooting up in Delhi, the power demand on Thursday crossed 6,000 MW mark for the first time in the month of April. The peak power demand of the city was 6,000 MW at 3.31 pm, according to realtime data of State Load Dispatch Centre. It was 4,469 MW on April 1.
“For the first time in April, Delhi’s peak power demand clocked 6,000 MW. It was 3.7 per cent more as compared to 5,769 MW on Wednesday afternoon,” said a discom official.