Power grid failure: ‘Undisciplined’ UP blamed again

Cyrus - New Delhi
All Energy managers know that electricity shortage can be wiped out with CHP technology without the Government spending a rupee. Successive governments have ignored Captive Power - Co generation (CHP) technology. CHP uses a combination of Steam Boiler and Back Pressure Turbine. The steam after generating electricity is sent to the factory for processing. This is akin to Hydro power. Co-Generated power is very efficient and consumes 20% less coal than conventional systems. This is also good news for the environment. The technology is widely available with Indian manufacturers but Bureau of Energy Efficiency has not taken a lead in forcing industries to adapt to it. Easy availability of Grid power has made state governments lax and they have not put up any significant capacity. With Coal India faltering in supplies, the situation only gets worse. Its time for Government and Industry to wakeup. 25% additional power thru cogeneration is waiting to be tapped.
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amul - mumbai
this is to distract public from the hunger strike of anna hazare
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Nazrul Ali - Najibabad
Well, if Uttar Pradesh is overdrawing, then, why is Shushil Kumar Shinde and the Govt. at Centre playing a blame game. When, you needed the votes of our Muslim dominated Uttar Pradesh to get your Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee win, then, you lured the same Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Singh for the votes in the Parliament. Now, that your purpose has been solved and you have got what you needed you are putting the blame on our state. Putting a blame on a state means that you are blaming the ruling Govt. and the people of that state. And, the ruling Govt. in a state is formulated by the majority population in a state. And, the majority population in Uttar Pradesh is of Muslims. So, this directly means that we as Muslins are over-drawing power in our Holy month of Ram-zaan. So, where is the secularity of this Central Govt. now ? You are guys are worse than the B.J.P. Atleast they work for us and they are not playing a blame game on each other at all. Sick of Sonia and Rahul and Pranab and Sishil Kumar Shinde.
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Neel - Lucknow
A few more facts before the blame - In the weeks leading up to the failure, extreme heat had caused power use to reach record levels in New Delhi. Due to the late arrival of monsoons, agricultural areas in Punjab and Haryana drew increased power from the grid for paddy season The late monsoon also meant that hydroelectric plants were running under their usual production.
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Akash Singh - Gurgaon
Its really tough to Survive in Such Scenario. But hope the situation will resume and come back to track soon. So that we will get sound sleep which we won`t having since two days.
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jasper - lko
an appeal to both centre n state stop blaming each other n sought it out soon,n see dat it never happens again
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FARADY - MUMBAI
ANNA JI KYA `` LOKPAL BILL ``SE GRID FAIL NAHI HOGI ! FAST AT JANTAR MANTAR AT AGE OF 72 WHY NOT AT 40 ? WAITING FOR ``PANI SAR SE UPAR KAB JAYE``
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ambrish - patna
yar Up ka kya dosh h .
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govind - lucknow
it is quite possible like everything else in UP, but whst is surprising is that where is the grid monitoring system, if some state or point is overdrawing power, why isn`t there alarm or trip before the grid goes down?? it shouldn`t take 24 hours
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Abhishek Agarwal - Bangalore
How can someone ``tarnish`` the image of Uttar Pradesh. The statement would have been more believable if it came from Gujarat or Bihar where the local economy is shining. Uttar Pradesh, like the rest of India knows, is a state with high levels of corruption, casteism, illiteracy, large scale under development and political strife. So, its no wonder the blame is on Uttar Pradesh!
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