NEW DELHI: With reopening of schools, offices and institutions following two holidays on account of Independence Day and Janmashtami, the power situation in the Capital deteriorated severely on Thursday as large parts of the city reeled under long and unscheduled power cuts as the distribution companies were unable to provide adequate power to the people.

Though the peak demand during the day at 3,293 MW almost matched Wednesday's level of 3,310 MW, there was load-shedding of around 750 MW of which about 525 MW was in BSES areas and 225 MW in NDPL areas. As such, colonies across the city experienced long power cuts and the distribution companies resorted to rotational load-shedding to keep the system functioning.

The maximum impact of the load-shedding was felt in Kohat Enclave, Saraswati Vihar, Rohini and Pitampura areas of North West Delhi which experienced three to four cuts of over an hour each. A resident of Rohini said the situation was so bad that even the generator installed in her colony gave way after some time, leaving the residents helpless in the hot and sultry weather. For others, the disruptions meant stoppage of regular work.

"I was getting some alternation work done in my house but as the grinding and cutting machines would not work without power, I had to call off the plans,'' said an agitated resident of Kohat Enclave. At Malviya Nagar in South Delhi too the situation was no different. A resident complained that power was supplied for only two hours in her colony till late in the afternoon. At other places such as Prasad Nagar and Minto Road the cuts were more regulated and residents here said the power supply was disrupted for about two hours. The situation during the day portrayed the power sector in Delhi in poor light as the outages were about 500 MW less than what they had been till a couple of days ago.

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