Temporary respite from load-shedding for puneites
Times of India, PUNE: Puneites are enjoying a temporary respite from load-shedding as the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) is presently receiving 150 MW additional power exclusively for Pune from the Tata Power Trading Company Ltd.
However, as the power is secured from the national energy exchange on a daily basis, the MSEDCL was unable to say how long the zero load-shedding would continue. The city’s daily demand for power was in the range of 750 to 800 MW.
Rameshsinh Gautam, chief engineer, Pune circle, MSEDCL, told TOI on Monday that Tata Power has been securing additional 150 MW power for Pune since Saturday, so there has been no load- shedding since then. Besides, the demand for power in the state on August 15 was very low because of the national holiday, so load-shedding was not effected on that day as well, he added.
Gautam, however, said that as the power was contracted on a daily basis, it was not possible to say how long Pune would remain free from load-shedding. “If there is a crisis and we are unable to get the additional 150 MW, then we will have to resort to load-shedding,” the official explained.
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all the politicians – from the local corporators, the M L A’s, M. P.’s all those who are representing Pune should be dumped in the garbage cans – come the next elections