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Discharge from Srisailam improves power situation

By Our Special Correspondent

Hyderabad Nov. 19. The Government's permission for heavy discharge from the Srisailam project for building up the storage in Nagarjunasagar for irrigation purposes has given a boost to the power supply position in the State.

With hydel generation from Srisailam becoming handy, the grid is in a "comfortable position" meeting the requirements in all the sectors, including agriculture, without any external purchases. AP Transco has dispensed with the purchases from West Bengal and Orissa over which it was worried a few days ago.

According to information given by the Transco transmission director, G. Kesava Rao, Srisailam, out of a dischare of 19,000 cusecs as of now, it was able to generate 8.5 million units on Tuesday and Nagarjunasagar hydel stations, through their own releases, 3.15 million units. The combined quantum from both these points gave an edge to the grid in meeting the peak demand, which touched 128 mu.

The Srisailam dam is not getting any inflows from the upper reaches and with the present depletions, water level remained at 844 ft compared with its maximum point of 885 ft. Nagarjunasagar, however, is heading to touch the 500-ft mark in a day or two.

The director said there was no cut in any category of consumers and the unrestricted energy demand was fully met. Asked about the non-supply in rural areas "for most part of the day," Mr Kesava Rao said some villages suffered from lack of supply and it was not due to non-availability. There was sufficient energy available, which they could have supplied to these villages but they could not do so due to a technical problem.

The supply for them would have to come from the same feeders serving the agricultural pumpsets. The supply to these pumpsets was being given only for nine hours and as such, the feeders were being switched off for the rest of the time. As a result, villages linked to them were not getting supply.

Mr Rao promised to end this ordeal for the few villages of this type "very soon", saying that most of these villages were bifurcated from the common feeders with single-phase supply.

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