New Delhi: The power crisis in India has eased in the past two days. Although the unusually hot summer has ensured demand for electricity remained high, the shortfall reduced in the past two days for the first time since April 1, power ministry data showed on Tuesday, indicating emergency response by the authorities has started showing results.
On May 1, India’s peak power demand was 191,216 MW, but the shortfall was just 207 MW. Peak power shortage was this low last on March 20, when there was a shortfall of 274 MW against a peak demand of 186,640 MW. On May 2, peak power demand was 204,453 MW while the shortage was just 1,773 MW.
The improvement in power supply came after five days of high shortage between April 26 and 30, when the average deficit was 8,600 MW, with the highest recorded on April 28 at 10,778 MW. This had led to long outages in many parts of the country.
