he national capital Delhi and NCR continues to reel under massive power cuts , with outages( बिजली के बिना कालावधि) in some areas lasting for over eight to nine hours. This has resulted in inconvenience to people in the sweltering heat. People in certain localities of West and East Delhi hit the street protesting the long power cuts. The VVIP areas in central Delhi also went without power for more than four hours which affected functioning of offices. The maximum power demand was recorded yesterday at 5350 megawatt against 5454 megawatt the previous day, which was the highest ever power demand in Delhi. Officials said production of power at the Badarpur Thermal Power Station came down to 510 from 633 megawatt due to shortage of water. Most of the areas in the city faced power cuts which are said to be due to technical faults as the distribution networks tripped due to increasing load on them.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs Sheila Dikshit said that the power demand in various northern states including capital has gone up significantly and the situation was not going to improve till monsoon arrives in the city.