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‘Delhi to have 8,000 MW by 2010’

NEW DELHI: If the Delhi Power Department’s optimism is anything to go by, the worst is over for the city. By 2010, the Capital will have at its disposal around 8,000 MW to fulfil its needs.

Officials claim that distribution and transmission losses are rapidly being brought under control, thereby improving the quality of service. And by way of agreements with other States and setting up of new plants, the city is in for round-the-clock power supply.

“Even in comparison to the suburbs, Delhi has cheaper and more power at its disposal. Efforts to enhance Delhi’s own production and buying ample power for the city’s needs are being made. By 2010 Delhi will have around 8,000 MW,” claims a senior official.

The demand for power in the Capital is expected to shoot up from 4,400 MW at present to 6,000 MW in 2010, and with the availability surpassing the demand, the city hopefully would be in a position to “sell power to other States”, it is claimed.

Offering details of the sources that Delhi will tap for more power, the official said: “Delhi will be augmenting supply by another 7,800 MW. While Bawana and Bamnauli will provide 1,500 and 750 MW respectively, we are also looking at 980 MW from the Dadri NTPC thermal plant; 750 MW from Aravali, a joint venture of NTPC and Haryana; 200 MW from Tala Bhutan Hydro; 600 MW from Tehri and 2,500 MW from Damodar Valley Corporation.”

Referring to the need to improve the condition of the generation units in the city, the official said that while routine maintenance is carried out as per schedule, the process of “overhauling” the existing set-up will be a carried out over a longer period.

Responding to a question on the frequency and duration of power cuts in the city, the official said: “Recently the Union Power Minister informed the Rajya Sabha that there have been only three days till March 12 this year when the power breakdown lasted more than two hours. There are areas where power cuts are frequent because of high prevalence of theft, but the distribution companies have already been sternly instructed to ensure there are no outages after this coming April 1.”

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