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Industry faces 33 per cent power shortage

CHENNAI: The industrial sector in Tamil Nadu faces a 33 per cent power shortage, according to the state arm of the Confederation of Indian Industry.

At a meeting with Industries Secretary M.F. Farooqui on Saturday, CII members from Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi and Tuticorin presented their concerns.

“There is a spurt of new industries that add up to the additional demand of 600-700 MW in the State, resulting in the power shortage estimated at 33 per cent,” they said.

The industrialists said the problem could be addressed through better transmission and distribution systems, besides creation of additional installed capacity.

While free power could be given for farming, a proper metering system should be introduced.

Mr. Farooqui told the members that steps were being taken to add installed generation capacity. He said the government was introducing a merchant power scheme that would provide open access for private players to set up power plants and market it commercially.

The CII members also sought support from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to provide wheeling arrangements from generation plants to the State grid, and help independent captive power generators evolve bankable power projects, according to a CII release.

The Industries Secretary said that enhancing the quality of infrastructure was the key focus of the State’s new Industrial Policy. The government was prioritising the development of a new international airport for Chennai, for which land had been identified. Steps were also being taken to develop select industrial corridors in the emerging manufacturing centres of Sriperambudur, Ranipet and Hosur

CII Tamil Nadu chairman Gopal Srinivasan urged the government to develop a Chennai-Mysore industrial corridor.

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