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Thunderstorm lashes Nagpur, City plunges into darkeness

Thunderstorm in Nagpur City plunged into darkness after powerful thunderstorm accompanied by winds gusting at over 50 kmph lashed city on Sunday. Power outages were reported in almost 80 per cent area of Nagpur power lines were snapped at more than 30 spots. Teams of Spanco Nagpur Discom Ltd (SNDL) and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) had started restoration work but electric supply was not restored to many areas as damage was severe. As per the reports, key area like Wardhaman Nagar, Gandhibag, Mahal, Pardi, Dighori, Sakkardara, Vishwakarma Nagar, Medical Square, Hudkeshwar, Sonegaon, Pratap Nagar, Ambazari, Bharat Nagar, Hindustan colony, Ramdaspeth, Dhantoli, North Ambazari Road, Dharampeth, Civil Lines, Sitabuldi, Jaripatka, Shanti Nagar and some parts of Sadar plunged into darkness for more than two hours. Power supply was closed in many areas as precautionary measures after the thunderstorm lashed the city at around 6 pm. After subsidi

Power load-shedding in Maharashtra after shortfall 3,500 MW

The state is facing severe power outages due to shortfall of almost 3,500 MW and situation could be worsen in next two days. This major gap of demand and supply has forced Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to resort load-shedding across the state. According to information, the MSEDCL has seen 20 per cent rise in the demand this year. Current demand of the state is between 18,000 MW to 18,500 MW which is 2,000 MW more as compared to last year. An official said that Koradi set No. 10 (660 MW), Set No. 2 of Khaparkheda (210 MW), Parali’s set No 8 (250 MW), Adani set No 1 (660 MW), Rattan India’s set No 4 and 5 (270 MW each) are shut down owing to technical reasons. The MSEDCL have rescheduled the power supply to agricultural feeders and power will be available for agriculture pumps between 1 am to 7 am. A senior official of MSEDCL said the load-shedding has been carried out mainly at areas with higher bill defaulters. Now, situation is und

Power outages in West Nagpur

In yet another instance, an underground power cable got damaged near Ambazari lake on Friday after which residents of Ravi Nagar, Ram Nagar, Hill Top and nearby areas faced almost one hour power break-down during scorching summer. The culprit this time was contractor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. A JCB engaged by the contractor hit the 11 KV power cable disrupting power supply of Gokulpeth feeder. More than 5,000 households of the area were plunged in darkness at around 9.30 pm. It was torturous time for the people during scorching summer. Staff of MSEDCL from Congress Nagar immediately swung into action and backfeeded the area within 51 minutes. An official of MSEDCL said that development works in city continuos to spell trouble for power utilities as contractors engaged in various development works continue to throw caution to wind. As if the summer scorch was not enough, the repeated incidents of damages to power utilities indicates that instructions of even Gua

Business Head of SNDL transfers

Essel Utilities have transferred Guatam Seth, Business Head of Spanco Nagpur Discom Ltd (SNDL) to Corporate office at New Delhi and appointed Gautam Khurana as the new Business Head of Nagpur Office. Gautam Seth was heading the office since April 2016. Sources informed that the Corporate office of the Essel Group was not happy over the Gautam Seth over issues of recovery of power dues, infrastructure development and increasing power losses and thefts. After analysing performance of Gautam Seth, the company management decided to transfer him and appointed Khurana as the new chief. It may be recalled that Khurana had successfully spearheaded the DF at Nagpur till May 2015 in similar capacity. Now, the Corporate Office expecting that the SNDL would touch new height under Khurana.