The massive power breakdown that plunged the city into darkness on Monday night also wreaked havoc on the city's major water pumping stations, forcing the teeming millions to suffer a shortage of around 160 million gallons of water.

Pumping of water to the city from all the major pumping stations

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

Discoms asked to ensure the Capital's residents are insulated from cuts caused by frequency problems

"There is no reason why paying consumers should face power cuts'

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government's Power Department has asked the power distribution companies in the city to speed up installation of under-frequency scheme to ensure that the residents are insulated from power cuts caused by frequency problems.

BRENDAN Nelson's daring bid to harden the Opposition's emissions trading policy is facing strong resistance from his most senior colleagues and the business community.

Shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull, environment spokesman Greg Hunt and deputy leader Julie Bishop are set to fight the change at tomorrow's shadow ministry meeting. In a further blow to Dr Nelson, the electricity industry has accused the Opposition of potentially putting the country's energy supply at risk if it fails to give investors certainty by nominating a date by which it would start emissions trading.

A clean-power colossus hopes to grow even bigger

Under supervision of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa), Wapda stored 8.2 million acre feet of water in its three main reservoirs Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma for sowing of Rabi crops especially the wheat crop in coming months of October/November.

Wapda sources told Business Recorder that with the current inflows in Indus, Kabul and Jhelum rivers, Tarbela and Mangla dams are likely to be filled by middle of next month.

The places of religious worship have now been relieved of the burden of paying huge electricity bills, as the Ceylon Electricity Board has decided to introduce a flat tariff rate of Rs. 12.50 per unit for these institutions.
Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratne told Daily Mirror yesterday that this decision was taken at a meeting attended by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and religious dignitaries last evening.

Major parts of the country will plunge into darkness as the Petrobangla has begun cutting gas supplies to old and worn-out electricity generation plants to ensure more efficient use of gas, officials said yesterday. They said the decision to put fast depleting gas to better use was taken by the government two days ago, with implementation starting on Sunday.

"Gas supply to a state-run power plant near Dhaka with more than 100 megawatts capacity has already been stopped and the process will continue," said Jalal Ahmed, chairman of the state-run Petrobangla.

Flood in Nullah Aik inundated 13 villages of Daska tehsil on Monday, damaging standing crops and forcing dwellers to shift to safer places.

Pune, July 20 The Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE) in association with MIT Lighting Research Academy and CIRT. held a national workshop on street Lighting at CIRT Bhosari
The workshop was held to discuss various aspects of street lighting and suggest effective solutions for the benefit of the public at large.

Hyderabad, July 20: The Chief Minister's Office is busy trying to crack the mystery of the missing Malaysian magnate. He first met the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, earlier this year to explain his proposal to set up a 2000-MW thermal power plant near any upcoming port in Andhra Pradesh.