Sudden showers on Thursday evening uprooted several trees in Sainikpuri, plunging some parts of the area into darkness. Power to those colonies could be restored only on Friday morning. Around 25 trees were uprooted that damaged electrical and power lines, causing power outage across the area. Officials were able to restore supply only in some places on Thursday as they could not remove the heavy trees on four transformers in the night.
Pre-monsoon showers are usually preceded by strong winds that cause trees to fall. With little relief during this month from the scorching heat, the city’s power consumption has been on a steady rise. While average per day power consumption is around 57 million units up from about 54 million units last year. The peak spend this year was 2,751 mega watt on April 19. Maximum consumption recorded in May was on Thursday when the city consumed 2,568 mega watt. “Unlike past years, this year the load even after 8 p.m. to early hours of next morning until after sunrise is fairly high when in previous years it would reduce much earlier. Rising temperature is leading to increasing power consumption,” said J. Srinivas Reddy, Director Operations, TSSPDCL. The temperatures in the day peak between 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m., Mr. Reddy informed that the power consumption too peaks between 3 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. On Friday, Hyderabad recorded a maximum temperature of 42.7 degree C after it recorded a maximum of 43 degree Celsius on two consequent days. Though pre-monsoon showers are forecast, the dip in temperature due to rains does not seem to be sufficient to provide the much needed relief for denizens.
