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All Stories for Power Cuts
Punjab faces power cuts as coal shortage leads to reduced electricity generation in thermal plants
• 4 years agoWith a coal stock avaliable only for five more days, Punjab fears a bigger power crisis ahead
Toll rises to 44 dead in Japan earthquake; Toyota Motors suspends operations in 16 assembly plants
• 7 years agoAbout 2,500 people remain in evacuation centres in Japan's Hokkaido after landslides buried houses and rain at the weekend loosened the soil in a further threat to unstable houses.
Chhattisgarh's solar-powered PHCs show how using alternate sources of energy can transform healthcare in India
Indiaspend • 8 years agoMore than 50% more patients were admitted and almost twice the number of babies were delivered in a month in solar-powered PHCs in Chhattisgarh.
Delhi Government asks discoms to take steps as power consumption increases
Ians • 8 years agoAt 6,361 Megawatt (MW), the Education Minister of Delhi acknowledged Monday saw the highest demand for power "in the entire history of the city".
AAP govt pushes for compensation from discoms in case of unscheduled power cuts
• 8 years agoDelhiites may be compensated by power distribution companies for unscheduled power cuts if the AAP government's proposal is approved.
Six key challenges for the new UP government that is likely to be helmed by Manoj Sinha
Indiaspend • 8 years agoThere are six major challenges which the new BJP government in UP will have to focus on.
UP Election 2017: One-third of voters polled cite power cuts as the leading election issue
Indiaspend • 8 years agoAlmost a third of voters polled said power cuts were the biggest problem in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Problems with street-level Wi-Fi in India: power cuts, congestion — and monkeys
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe clash between the old world and the new is sharply in focus in the crowded 3,000-year-old holy city of Varanasi, where many devout Hindus come to die in the belief that doing so will give them salvation. Varanasi is also home to hundreds of macaque monkeys that live in its temples and are fed and venerated by devotees.
Coal losses: How they're dimming the wattage of India's power industry
Fp Editors • 14 years agoCoal-using power-generating cos have almost no fuel to generate electricity, while several electricity transmission and distribution cos have little money to pay for their purchases because of the mismatch between the cost of supplies and customer tariff rates.
Large parts of Mumbai, suburbs hit by power cuts after power unit trips
Fp Archives • 11 years agoLarge parts of Mumbai were hit by power cuts on Tuesday, due to technical issues at a Tata Power Company Ltd electricity generation unit.