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SME Times News Bureau | 30 Apr, 2010
According to a study conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Maharasthra and Uttar Pradesh are two major states in entire India which confront the worst power shortages.

Study reveled that these two entities respectively face power deficit of 2609 million unit and 1351 million unit against average All India power deficit of 8980 million unit (MU).

Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi including Rajasthan are states which are power deficit by respective 1 MU, 4 MU and 19 MU in the Northern region.

Jammu and Kashmir is the only State which faces zero power deficit as it’s power requirement is that of 900 MU against the availability of 900 MUs in northern part of the country.

Uttarakhand which is considered a power surplus state, in reality it has been facing an average power deficit of 86 million unit as its power requirement is estimated at 749 MU against availability of 663 MUs in the month of April 2010.

Releasing the ASSOCHAM assessment on Power Supply Position in the month of April 2010 in the capital on Wednesday, it’s Secretary General, D S Rawat said that average power requirement of State of Maharashtra is estimated at 12,132 MUs against it’s availability of 9523 MUs.

The power requirement of State of Uttar Pradesh is around 6559 MUs while it’s availability is about 5208 MU. It is because of huge differential between power requirements and it’s availability, these two states in general face daily power shortages, exceeding 10 hours in a day, pointed out Rawat.

Power requirement and availability gap of Chandigarh is that of 1 million unit since it’s availability is at 104 MUs against availability fact of 103 MUs. In case of Delhi, the power requirement runs into 1781 MUs every day while it’s availability factor is at 1774 MUs. Himachal which like Uttarakhand is considered a power surplus state, it’s power availability is at 612 MUs against 608 MUs availability factor.

However, Punjab is one State which faces average power deficit of 391 MU as its power availability is considered at 3496 MUs against it’s availability of 3105 MUs.

Most forward looking state in terms of investment absorption like that of Gujarat in Western region confronts power deficit of 528 MUs. Here power requirement is estimated at 6826 MUs against availability of 6298 MUs.

Madhya Pradesh is another state in this region in which power deficit runs into 867 MUs. In this state, the requirement of power is calculated at about 3960 MUs against it’s availability of 3093 MUs.

Rawat pointed out that the situation in Southern region consisting of Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry is no better. As far as Andhra is concerned, it’s power requirement is around 7929 MUs against availability of 7040 MUs. The State faces power shortage of 889 MUs every day.

Karnataka as a power shortage of 465 MUs on an average as it’s power requirement is assessed at 4943 MUs while it’s availability stays at 4478 MUs. Tamil Nadu is a State where power requirement is estimated at 7177 MUs against availability of 6521 MUs and the shortage runs into 656 MUs.

Incidentally, State of Bihar faces a daily power shortage which runs into 295 MUs as requirement of power in the State is calculated at 1159 MUs against availability of 864 MUs. Bihar being a large state, its power requirement and availability cannot be compared with state of Maharashtra and even Uttar Pradesh in which industrial activities comparatively are on higher scale.

The power situation in West Bengal has improved because the State faces power shortages which runs into 166 MUs. Here the power requirement is estimated at 3461 MUs while it’s availability is almost assures at 3295 MUs. So is the case with Orissa which is power starved by around 24 MUs. In Orissa, power availability is 1804 MUs while it’s availability is measured at 1780 MUs.

The all India power requirement for both domestic and industrial consumption is measured at 76493 MUs while it’s availability is estimated at 67513 MUs which means that the all India power shortages works out to be 8980 MUs.

The ASSOCHAM has recommended acceleration in power generation as also suggested harnessing of resources in non-conventional areas which include wind, solar, tidal etc.

The Chamber also feels that power transmission network need to be further strengthened in a manner tat power theft is discouraged.