Three-day power strike begins over Telangana
Hyderabad: Dark days are ahead, literally, with employees of the power utilities, APGenco, APTransco and the four distribution companies going on a three-day (72-hour) strike from September 11 midnig
Jayalalithaa promises end to power cuts in Tamil Nadu from year end
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday said there will be no power cuts from 2013-end with the state set to realise 3,000 MW by then and her government expediting a series of projects.
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Hyderabad gets 4-hour power jolt
Hyderabad: The entire city sweated its way through four hours of power cuts on Monday as the authorities unofficially doubled power cuts without prior intimation.
The four-hour cuts, “unofficially” i
TRS vows fight on power tariff
Karimnagar: TRS will take up a huge agitation against the irregular power cuts and increase in power charges. Party Huzurabad MLA Eetela Rajender told to newsmen at Jammikunta on Monday that the gove
Power cuts will end by June, says min
Electricity minister Natham R. Viswanathan on Wednesday said power cuts in TN would come to an end by June next year after the commissioning of the ongoing power projects.
“We will get additional
Power cuts Andhra Pradesh growth
It is now official! The directorate of economics and statistics has revealed that the industrial growth in the state is on the negative side even as the industry blames it on erratic power supply.
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Discoms force 3-day holiday on industries
Despite clear orders from the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission, the state discoms are not adhering to the continuous 60 per cent power supply rule recently mandated. This has resulted in the indus
Schools reschedule practical classes to combat outages
Educational institutions and their students are having a hard time due to the prolonged unscheduled power cuts the state is experiencing once again.
Schools and colleges that now need to depend mo
Wind energy falls, power cuts go up
With a steep decline in wind power generation in the last few days, many parts of the state except Chennai have been going without power for over 10 hours a day.
The power generation from wind sour
Power cuts cause water problems
Unscheduled power cuts in addition to the scheduled three-hour cuts have led to a huge shortage of water in many areas of the city.
People in old city have especially complained of water problems du