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COIMBATORE: Industries here have expressed concern over a recent notice issued by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) requesting them not to use grid power during the peak hours (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) every day. Vice-president of the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association Jayakumar Ramdass says industries have started observing power holiday once a week on Saturday. Those who have to meet production schedule use generators on these days. The units also face one day power shutdown a month for maintenance works by the board. The request by the TNEB for peak hour use of power “is totally disappointing,” he says. “We cannot imagine the situation in the coming months.” There is no sight of new power generation projects in the near future and consumption has been increasing with new industries and infrastructure coming up. In foundries, power charges constitute seven to eight per cent of the production cost, he says. Engineering units mostly outsource the components and the vendors are mainly small-scale units. These industries are unable to afford generator sets. So, they are struggling to supply the components on time and this affects production schedules, he adds. K.V. Srinivasan, chairman of the Southern India Mills’ Association, says the TNEB had announced one-day power holiday in a week and the industries were assured of uninterrupted power supply on the other days. However, the board has issued notices to the mills to operate gensets during the peak hours in addition to the power holiday. And, there are unscheduled power cuts for one to two hours. “All these put together will affect production by over 35 per cent in the State, totally upsetting the textile business,” he says. According to the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, by not drawing power from the grid in the peak hours and the power holiday, the industries have to close down for 40 hours a week, which translates to 24 per cent power cut. This leads to production loss and additional cost for the industries. Chamber president D. Balasundaram has appealed to the TNEB to do the needful for the industries to resume normal working hours soon.
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