BackPower cuts may cause 40% dip in industrial production: Assocham
Power cuts in the northern, southern and western regions have forced industrial units to curtail their industrial production by about 30% in April-May 2014
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New Delhi: Continued power outages in various parts of the country are adversely affecting the domestic industrial production, which may fall by 40% in June-July, industry body Assocham said.
“Power cuts in the northern, southern and western regions have forced industrial units to curtail their industrial production by about 30% in April-May 2014, the loss of industrial production is likely to be at 35-40% in June-July, Assocham said on the basis of feedback received from its various constituents in these three regions. During the April-May period, industrial units faced 20-25% power shortages.
“As such, the regions were reeling under tremendous power shortage in April and May and the rains added to it as defects in the transmission system," said Assocham secretary general, D.S. Rawat. Assocham feedback is based on the latest power situation in leading states that have concentration of industrial presence at substantial level.
“Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are two states in which power cuts exceed 10-12 hours a day and face the worst energy crisis which will further deepen in the absence of corrective measures, and therefore industrial locations in these two states would have to curtail their industrial production to the extent of 45%, Rawat said.
Uttar Pradesh, which has a power requirement of over 8,282 million units (MU), has availability of little over 7,358 MU with deficit ranging over 11.2%. The situation is no better in Andhra Pradesh where the power deficit is approximately 12.1%. The availability in the state is only 7,976 MU against the requirement of 9,070 MU.
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