Agartala, March 28: Tripura is facing a severe power crisis with load-shedding enforced by the Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited hovering between one-and-a-half and two hours daily.
In rural areas, longer hours of load-shedding are in force to make up for the shortfall in the availability of power. The situation is worsened by the growing demand for power as the sweltering summer months draw near.
“At the moment our peak hour demand is 160MW but with the onset of summer from mid-April this will rise to 180-185MW. There is no way to make up for the shortfall of roughly 45MW and there is no alternative to daily load-shedding,” a source said.
He said because of drastic depletion of water level in Dumbur lake, the generation of power in the Dumbur hydel project is now to 3-4MW.
“We are heavily dependent on the Northeast grid but since the dry spell has started we have been receiving around 30-35MW as the generation of power from hydro-electrical projects has gone down because of decreasing water level,” the source said.
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In rural areas, longer hours of load-shedding are in force to make up for the shortfall in the availability of power. The situation is worsened by the growing demand for power as the sweltering summer months draw near.
“At the moment our peak hour demand is 160MW but with the onset of summer from mid-April this will rise to 180-185MW. There is no way to make up for the shortfall of roughly 45MW and there is no alternative to daily load-shedding,” a source said.
He said because of drastic depletion of water level in Dumbur lake, the generation of power in the Dumbur hydel project is now to 3-4MW.
“We are heavily dependent on the Northeast grid but since the dry spell has started we have been receiving around 30-35MW as the generation of power from hydro-electrical projects has gone down because of decreasing water level,” the source said.
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