Western and Northern regions in the country will continue to reel under severe power crisis, with the power deficit increasing from 14 and 11 per cent to 16 and 13 per cent respectively, industry body ASSOCHAM said.
An analysis on power sector by ASSOCHAM indicated that the country is far from meeting its 10th plan target of installing an additional 41,110 MW of power and has added less than 14,000 mw by march, it said in a release.
The northern region - comprising Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal - received 168,511 million units of power against the requirement of 188,418 MU, a deficit of 10.6 per cent during April-March 2005-06.
Western region too recorded an energy deficit of 13.5 per cent and received 186,904 MU of power as against the demand of 215,983 MU in 2005-06. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh suffered a deficiency of 18.1 and 14.2 per cent respectively, ASSOCHAM president Anil Aggarwal said.
Southern states, however, recorded lower deficit and the region faced a shortage of mere 0.8 per cent. Pondicherry and Lakshwadeep were exceptions as they faced negligible shortage.
Meghalaya and Tripura were the worst affected states in the east. Meghalaya recieved 1,144 MU of power, less than the 1,382 MU required, while Tripura faced a deficit of 10.6 per cent since the 666 MU of power available could not meet the state’s requirement of 745 MU, the chamber said.
Posted By Staff Reporter: Gurgaon City News
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