The advent of summers not only brings the heat wave in North India but also adds to the vows of the citizens through the problems on Electricity and Water front. With taps running dry and no power in the fans and coolers to dry your sweat it’s a tough life.
This year with record braking temperatures, we are set to face another year of miseries. The industry is even worse hit. The peak power shortage would go beyond 20-25% in May and June respectively from 15% in early April. The worst affected states are Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. There are places in these states that go without power for 12 hours in a day. The situation, although is better in Delhi, Himachal and Rajasthan but it is also far from satisfactory. In total India faces a power shortage of 70,000 MW
It’s high time we start relying on Non conventional means to generate power. There are lessons to be learnt from developed countries on this front. The potential for hydro electric power in India is 1.5 lakh MW but merely 20% of it is being exploited