Power crisis deepened in Uttar Pradesh with large parts of the state having to go without electricity in the searing heat as 500 Mw Rihand thermal power plant was shut down owing to a technical snag.
Barring the state capital and districts of Etawah, Agra, Mainpuri, Rampur, Sambhal and Meerut, the situation in other parts of the state was alarming, they said.
Many parts of state, especially the rural areas and smaller towns, have been without any electricity since last evening as authorities resorted to prolonged load shedding, power corporation sources said here said today.
The authorities were faced with the arduous task of maintaining the northern grid as the frequency continued to hover around the minimum level of 48 Hz owing to soaring demand, they said.
The situation worsened in the evening as the demand touched around 7000 Mw and prolonged large-scale load shedding had to be resorted to save the grid, sources said.
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