New Delhi: It's peak summer in most parts of India. Demand for power is at a peak of 2,17,000 mega watt. Our power generation, however, is much less at 1,99,877 mega watt. Poor transmission and distribution makes it even worse.
Many cities such as Chennai, Bangalore and the capital itself, Delhi, have long power cuts.
Forty per cent of the country does not get electricity at all. About six lakh villages do not have any network to receive electricity.
CNN-IBN has learnt that around 30 power stations have just about a week's coal left to fuel the power plants....
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01:45 PM, Jul 03, 2012
City residents lose patience after hours-long electricity cuts. ... 
