2 more units of thermal plants hit by snag

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Updated At : 12:28 PM Jul 09, 2021 IST

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Chandigarh, July 8

Punjab plunged deeper into the ongoing power crisis with two units of state-owned thermal plants being shut down today because of technical snags.

As the state continued to witness an unprecedented demand for power, a 210 MW unit of Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant at Ropar and another 210 MW unit of Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat developed snags, forcing these to be shut down. The Lehra Mohabbat unit, however, became functional late in the evening.

But the 420 MW shortfall in generation for most part of the day (besides the shortfall in generation from Talwandi Sabo power plant) saw unscheduled power cuts being imposed on domestic urban and rural consumers, agriculture consumers and commercial consumers. Power supply to all industrial units has already been shut till July 11. — TNS

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