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No power cuts from August 15 in A.P. cities

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HYDERABAD: Power cuts imposed in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of acute energy shortage will be lifted in two to three days as generation was finally resumed from the Srisailam project following inflow of one lakh cusecs of water into the dam from the upper reaches of the Krishna.

Also, coal supply to thermal stations, from Singareni as well as Mahanadi coalfields and from abroad, improved, giving the much-needed boost to power generation.

The cumulative effect of the fall in demand due to rain, inflows into dams and improvement in coal supply was that the government decided on Tuesday to immediately reduce the duration of the power cut and completely scrap it in cities and towns from August 15. The four-hour long power cut in rural areas will, however, continue.

Energy Minister Mohd Ali Shabbir, who spoke to reporters after Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy reviewed the power situation here on Tuesday, said the storage in Srisailam was likely to improve by 50 tmcft in the next few days, as a heavy inflow of 5 lakh cusecs was expected from the Almatti dam and the Tungabhadra river. It was expected that the project would get at least 350 tmcft during this monsoon.

Meanwhile, the contribution of hydel stations in the State picked up and reached 20 mu. Over 250 MW of power out of the 750 MW of installed capacity in the Sileru complex is also being added to the grid following inflow of water into the reservoirs.

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