In response to a petition filed by the New Delhi Municipal Council asking for its power supply to be allocated through three power plants instead of one at present, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Co

The country is facing a power crisis.

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday witnessed protest by members of entire Opposition showing electronic lamps.

As the sudden fog over Delhi and NCR on Sunday stumped most people, environmentalists and meteorological experts said this was possibly the outcome of extremely high levels of pollution.

The recent tripping of power supply lines of the Northern Grid has aggravated the shortage of electricity in Rajasthan, which is facing a paucity of 1.5 crore units a day against the demand for 11.2 c

Frequent electricity cuts have made it clear that the city needs to be prepared for frequent blackouts and for yet another dry summer this year too.

Still to recover from the blackout that lasted several hours this past Friday, Delhi and its satellite towns were subjected to yet another power shutdown on Sunday morning as more than 37 supply lines

Teams of engineers are working 24x7 to prevent further breakdown of transmission lines of the northern grid though such breakdowns cannot be ruled out completely, say transmission officials.

Everything was going in favour of a mega thermal power project at Tandwa in Chatra district

While the residents of plotted colonies have been left to their fate, those living in condominiums are relatively better off. These compact residential blocks mostly have round-the-clock power back-up. But this comes at a price. In swanky apartment complexes like Hamilton Court, Windsor Place and Regency Park-II, residents pays 55 paise more per unit of electricity than what the state-owned DHBVN charges i.e around Rs 4.5 per unit. It is besides the monthly maintenance charge that they have to cough up. So, on an average, each unit of electricity costs about Rs 9 and can even go up to 18 at some places. The generators, with a maximum capacity of 7 MW, normally supply between 3.5 MW and 4 MW daily. They consume about 2,400 litres of diesel everyday. It's the same story at Silver Oaks, another apartment complex.