The complete shutdown of the Simhadri Thermal Power Plant in Visakhapatnam has doubled the power woes for Telangana which is in dire straits in terms of power availability.
Notwithstanding generation of hydel power to its full capacity at Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar hydro electric projects, the State experienced acute power shortage on Monday, forcing it to cut down supply to agriculture and impose emergency load reliefs in State capital during night.
As per the information available, the first two units of Simhadri Thermal Power Plant went down under the impact of cyclone Hudhud, resulting in a shortage of about 1,500 MW together for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Loss to Telangana amounted to about 800 MW, to make up for which the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation began to run the hydel units at the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar at 792 MW and 789 MW capacities respectively. Meanwhile, the AP government has also lowered the power generation at VTPS and RTPP and other projects due to breakdown of electricity lines following cyclone.
