Rajasthan to see more power cuts as electricity demand soars

The State government had reduced the scheduled power cut timing from May 1 but has again decided to cut power across the State as per the schedule announced on April 28

In view of the high electricity demand than the availability, the Rajasthan government has decided to go in for more power cuts, days after providing a breather by reducing the scheduled daily outage.

The State government had reduced the scheduled power cut timing from May 1 but has again decided to cut power across the State as per the schedule announced on April 28.

Essential services will be exempt from power cuts, an official statement said.

Chairman of Rajasthan Discoms, Bhaskar A. Sawant said continuous efforts are being made by the State government and electricity corporations to supply adequate power to the electricity consumers.

For this, after reviewing the demand, availability and supply status of electricity every day, efforts are being made to ensure that there are minimum power cuts.

Mr. Sawant said that due to increase in demand and lack of availability of electricity, power cuts were implemented as per schedule announced on April 28 in divisional headquarters, district headquarters, municipal areas and villages having population of more than 5,000.