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Soon, Bangalore will feel no dearth of power, promises chief minister

BS Yeddyurappa promised even as he cleared a proposal for the purchase of 1000mw of power from September till May, to tide over the acute energy crisis that the state currently faces

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Promising relief for the city from long spells of no power, chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who also holds the energy portfolio, on Monday said that Bangalore would get power round-the-clock.

He made the promise even as he cleared a proposal for the purchase of 1000mw  of power from September till May, to tide over the acute energy crisis that the state currently faces.

The state expects to spend Rs1,937 crore towards this purchase.

While demand for power is around 115 million units (MU) each day, supply is in the range of 91 MU.

Power shortage is thus estimated at 24 MU each day, and this figure has been arrived at taking into account all sources of power, including hydel, thermal and wind power. The total energy from all sources tapped last year was 6,066 MU till the end of August, as against 4,696 MUs this year, resulting in a shortfall of 1,370 MUs.

Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who chaired a meeting of the energy department on Monday, said that demand for power has been shooting up. In the month of August alone, demand for power had grown by 15%, he said.

He added that although the catchment areas of the hydel power projects, Linganamakki, Supa and Mani, have experienced good rain and the inflows are expected to be good, the storage level at present is low compared to this time of year, last year.

Even though Bangalore has been promised round-the-clock power with the purchase of the additional 1,000mw of power, other cities in the state could expect 22 hours of power; rural areas in the state would get power for 12 hours each day. For rural areas, supply would be split into six hours of three-phase power and six hours of single-phase supply.

The problem of power shortage has been further exacerbated by the frequent breakdown of the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS). Three units of the RTPS broke down again on Sunday. This means that power supply available to the state would be reduced by 630mw.

While units 2 and 6 were shut so that maintenance work could be undertaken, the first unit could not function for a while as coal supplied was wet.

Meanwhile, the first unit of the 500mw Bellary thermal power station has resumed production, easing the power crisis to some extent.

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