Large areas of Uttar Pradesh remained in darkness for hours altogether as a 500 Mw unit of the singarauli thermal power plant was shut down for maintenance work.
Although the demand for power was less yesterday in view of light rains and thunderstorms, it registered steady increase in the late hours forcing authorities to resort to large scale load shedding, National Thermal Power Corporation sources said adding the demand hovered around 6800 Mw while supply was pegged at only 4400 Mw resulting in a huge gap of 2400 Mw.
The demand, according to corporation sources, is likely to increase further in the evening hours as the grid frequency still hovered around the minimum of 49 Hz. Another 500 Mw unit of the Rihand Super Thermal Power plant had already been closed for maintenance work earlier making situations worse, they said.
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