Multiple factors compound power crisis in Uttar Pradesh as demand soars

Increasing demand with “shrinking generation” due to coal shortage in thermal plants, as well as closure of some units for technical reasons, have further compounded the prevailing power crisis in Uttar Pradesh.

The situation arose even as Uttar Pradesh energy minister Arvind Kumar Sharma on Wednesday asked officials to work honestly to rid people of load-shedding.

“The power situation in UP is alarming,” said an official, quoting the grid report on demand-supply in the state.