Delhi last year witnessed 0.06% of power load-shedding, the lowest-ever achieved among any metro city in the country, Delhi government data showed.
Boasting about their achievements over the past three years in the government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has been able to showcase exemplary work in bringing cheap and efficient power supply to the city.
Delhi government data shows that in 2017-18, the city has witnessed only 0.06% load-shedding, which is almost six times lower than 0.40% witnessed in 2014-15.
Since 2014-15, the percentage of load-shedding has been seeing a considerable drop. In 2015-16, the load-shedding figures were 0.14%, while in 2016-17 the figures settled at 0.10% before it finally reached 0.06% last year.
Power experts said that this is a major achievement by the government and the discoms as the power demands in the city have been progressively increasing every year.
Power guzzler
“Delhi has become a power guzzler in the last few years and to be able to meet this demand means the technology and network used for the purpose is of high quality. However, the government should also focus on reducing the power demands by giving power saving alternatives,” said Muzammil Khan, a power expert.
In fact, last year Delhi witnessed a peak power demand of 6,526MW, which is the highest to have been recorded anywhere in the country.
The two discoms in the city, BSES and Tata, said services have been improved and technology advancements have also helped improve services.
“The focus has been on deploying technology and augmenting the distribution network to take care of the increased power demand of Delhi,” said a senior BSES official.
The official said they are also cracking down power thefts, which increase load on the network.
