Shortly after, the protestors resorted to road blockade which was continuing till the report was filed. About 25 platoons of police forces, including OSAF personnel have been deployed. RAJGANGPUR (SUNDARGARH)
<br />  <br />BHUBANESWAR: The State continues to have a shortage of power due to breakdown in several generating units of NTPC at Farakka, Kahalgaon, Kaniha and Ib thermal power station at Banharipali in Jharsuguda district.<br /><br />There was a shortage of more than 150 MW during the evening peak despite the hydro power stations providing 1,250 MW.<br />
BHUBANESWAR: EVEN as the Sterlite Energy Limited (SEL) shut down its newly commissioned power plant at Jharsuguda following public protest, the drastic fall in the supply of power from the Vedanta Aluminium
BHUBANESWAR: While the State is facing power crisis due to poor hydro situation in the reservoirs, breakdown of three thermal power units of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has further deepened the crisis. Two units of 500 MW each of the Talcher Super Thermal Power Station (TSTPS) at Kaniha went out of the State grid due to technical reasons. As if it was not enough, one unit
BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government had decided to electrify 2,000 villages by nonconventional energy sources by March, 2012. A decision to this effect was taken at a highlevel meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. So far the State Government has provided electricity to 395 villages by solar energy out of the 600 villages which had been taken up.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to seek the help of Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) for setting up mini and micro hydel projects for generation of clean and cheap electricity. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today.
The ruling BJD and the CPM today assailed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for hiking prices of petrol within a month. Demanding a rollback, Biju Yuva Janata Dal said the price hike will further fuel the inflationary trend. While the prices of essential commodities have gone through the roof making the life of people miserable, the Centre has miserably failed control it. Alleging
BHUBANESWAR: Acting on a writ petition filed by one Suresh Pradhan and others, the Orissa High Court today issued notices to the Centre and State Government along with Jindal India Thermal Power Ltd over establishment of its power plant at Deranga in Angul district. A Division Bench of Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice BN Mohapatra has also directed status quo on the public roads within
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Government is leading by example.
