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NEW DELHI: Arrival of extra power from Rajasthan and other States spared Delhi another day of excessive power cuts as, despite an increase in demand which touched the 3,539 MW mark on Monday, there was no need for any rotational load-shedding. The situation remained well under control till evening despite the 1,500-MW Nathpa Jhakri plant in Himachal Pradesh, from which Delhi gets 342 MW, being closed for maintenance and a 210-MW unit of Badarpur Thermal Power Station -- closed due to hydrogen coolant leakage -- still not being functional. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said supply of power from Rajasthan and efforts to bring more power from West Bengal had borne fruit and the supply remained adequate. However, she added, a permanent solution to the problem was yet to be reached. The State Power Department said Delhi received an additional 400 MW of electricity from Rajasthan which played a very important role in meeting the power demand during the day. Delhi's own generation during the day was about 800 MW as against an installed capacity of 1700 MW. One unit of the Indraprastha plant, three of the Gas Turbine, one of Pragati, and one each of Auriya and Dadri from which gas is supplied to the Capital remained shut. While these forced outages totalled 394 MW, the planned outages that included the 210-MW BTPS unit amounted to 288 MW. On Sunday, the peak demand of 3,457 MW was met through 420 MW from the Genco and Pragati plants, 324 from BTPS and 2,713 MW from the Northern Grid. On Monday, despite reopening of schools, colleges, offices and institutions, the supply situation remained very much under control. There were only some incidents of freak tripping of circuit due to flying of kites. Delhi Transco Limited Director (Operations) S. R. Sethi said about 200 MW were lost due to tripping of a circuit between I. P. Extension and Sarita Vihar as a result of which power supply to South Extension, Defence Colony and Karol Bagh was disrupted for about half an hour.
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