While Tamil Nadu is celebrating Karthikai, the Tamil month of lights, the state’s power situation is turning from bad to worse. This capital city is witnessing around two hours of daily power cut, while the outskirts as well and rural parts are reeling under outages of up to 16 hours a day.

The state government said the crisis would end by the second half of 2013 as new capacities would become operational. At present, the power shortage is 4,000 Mw.