Counting losses
Jamshedpur: The continuing power crisis in Jharkhand has hit production at the state

Jammu: Mature wheat crop on at least 139 kanals was damaged in fire caused due to an alleged short-circuit in power transmission wires in the border area of Badyal Brahmna, around 4 km from RS Pura, this evening.

Three incidents of devastating fire in different villages of RS Pura and Vijaypur have already damaged mature wheat crop on nearly 233 kanals this week.

The city continued to witness power cuts in different areas following the private power distribution companies resorting to load-shedding on rotation basis. Delhi saw a peak load of 3434 MW in the last 24 hours, while the discoms resorted to load-shedding to the tune of 125 MW.

Years of research to find cures to chronic diseases have gone waste because of frequent and long power cuts in 24/7 laboratories that need to maintain sub-zero temperatures to preserve samples.

KOLKATA : The state government has sought a detailed report from the CESC regarding the unprecedented power cuts in the city yesterday.

The chief secretary, Mr Asok M Chakrabarti, today said at Writers

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 20, 2009, 0:58 IST

States refuse return power due to general elections.

Uttarakhand is facing acute electricity crisis with the state-run power corporation finding it tough to buy it from other states even at higher rates.

TE Narasimhan / Chennai April 19, 2009, 0:52 IST

Severe power shortage has hit industrial production in Tamil Nadu. Companies said production could be down as much as 30 per cent. Sectors like textile, leather and salt appear to be among the worst hit. Industry associations Industry associations put the loss in production at around Rs 4,000 crore.

A power crisis stares Bengal in the face as state-run plants have been forced to bring down generation because of dwindling supply of coal.

The situation was further compounded today as a 250MW unit at Santaldih developed a snag.

Ranchi, April 16: The prevailing power crisis and the endless hours of blackouts will continue even after polls are finally over on April 23 in Jharkhand.

Seven states yet to unbundle their state electricity boards

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi April 17, 2009, 0:55 IST

The government could complete its six-year-old initiative to unbundle state electricity boards (SEBs) into separate entities for power generation, transmission, distribution and trading business by June 30 this year.

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