Seven different districts of Jharkhand, falling under DVC Command area including Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih, Chatra, Koderma, Hazaribagh and East Singhbhum, is plagued with acute power crisis. The long hours of power failure is affecting the trade and industry of these towns.
DVC supplies around 660 megawatt power in seven districts of Jharkhand through JBVNL and has launched 50% of load shedding since November 6 to realize its pending dues worth Rs 2110 crore over JBVNL. Load shedding was temporarily suspended during the Chhath festival, but power cuts are back once again.
The situation is somewhat better in Dhanbad town area, which is connected to the national grid through the newly established Kandra grid substation but the situation in suburban parts of the district including,
