Power companies in Rajasthan are imposing four-to-five hour cuts to meet the domestic demand, causing losses to winter crop irrigation, industry bodies claim.
This is prompting the Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam to purchase electricity from the open market, sources in the state energy department said.
Rajasthan Federation of Trade and Industry President Suresh Aggarwal criticised the state for not providing sufficient electricity. “How will India become the third-largest world economy without electricity? The first task for the state government should be to fulfil whatever is necessary to increase production,” Aggarwal said, urging the government to focus on increasing industrial production and reducing electricity prices.
