Power crisis acute, Odisha government says ‘all is well’

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State is facing a shortage of around 800 MW of electricity amid sizzling summer temperatures and Gridco at a loss for ways to meet the shortfall, the Energy department on Tuesday seemed unabashed in its proclamation that “all is well”.Bizarrely, the very department barely 24 hours back had shown desperation over the serious power crisis gripping the State and pleaded with even the common man to curtail air conditioner (AC) use during peak hours for the next seven days.