Special team to manage power shortage in Andhra Pradesh

VIJAYAWADA: Even as power shortage has gripped the entire country and more than a dozen bigger States have resorted to load shedding, AP power utilities are hopeful that the situation will improve by the first week of May.

While making all possible effort to overcome the power shortage triggered by inadequate coal stock, the State energy department, on Energy Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy’s advice, has deployed a core management team exclusively to mitigate the current power shortage. The Core Management Team will closely monitor coal stocks at thermal power plants and coordinate with the plants and the State government.