Power Crisis In Andhra Pradesh

• Opposition Slams Telangana Chief Minister Over Farmers' Suicide, Power Woes

  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today drew severe flak from opposition parties including BJP, Congress and Telugu Desam Party over the prevailing power crisis in the state, which they alleged has resulted in suicides by over 300 farmers in the last four months.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Criticises Telangana's Government for Power Crisis

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said in Hyderabad that he was ready for an open discussion about the prevailing power crisis in the new Telangana state even as he criticised the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) government for creating a controversy over every issue.

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  Seemandhra power employees 'temporarily' call off strike; no going back on Telangana, says Shinde

  With a severe cyclone forecast for Saturday night for Andhra Pradesh, a power crisis in the districts that are likely to be affected is about to end. Thousands of employees who work for state-run power plants have agreed to end their six-day long strike, held to punish the Centre for its decision to bifurcate the state.

• Seemandhra power strike ends - temporarily, warn unions

  Thousands of electricity employees protesting against the division of Andhra Pradesh for a Telangana state have reportedly decided to end their strike, in a major break for the state engulfed in a major power crisis while it faces a cyclone in 48 hours.

• Telangana crisis: Healthcare becomes a casualty as power strike continues

  At one of the government hospitals in Visakhapatnam, Sathyavathi gave birth to her baby just a few hours ago. The young mother nurses the newborn in the dark. There is not even a fan for some whiff of fresh air. Like her, at least 40 mothers and their newborns silently suffer the heat. Family members provide some relief using traditional palm leaf ...

• Telangana crisis: Government to rope in NTPC, Power Grid to provide electricity to Andhra Pradesh

  The government is planning to rope in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation to provide electricity to Andhra Pradesh where large parts are reeling under darkness due to protests and strikes against the Union Cabinet's decision to create a separate Telangana.

• Telangana protests: Seemandhra in emergency mode, power crisis cripples hospitals, trains

  Andhra Pradesh is battling a severe power crisis that has emerged as the biggest fallout of protests against a new Telangana state. The indefinite protests by over 30,000 power sector employees from the Seemandhra region has led to massive power outages, affecting hospitals and train services.

• Telangana fallout: Chief Minister calls electricity union for talks, power partially restored

  The Centre's decision to create a new Telangana state has paralysed Andhra Pradesh with blackouts severely affecting essential services and hampering normal life across the state. Hospitals in the Seemandhra region have been hit hard by the steadily worsening power situation due to the ongoing strike by thousands of employees protesting against the...

• Telangana crisis: let hospitals function, appeals hapless father

  The crippling power crisis has hit the essential health services with most hospitals in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema regions - jointly known as Seemandhra - facing acute blackouts.

• Telangana crisis: Seemandhra ministers firm on resignations, PM asks for more time

  The union government's decision to create a new Telangana state has plunged other parts of Andhra Pradesh into emergency. Angry protests that have resulted in power cuts walloped the areas of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema today.

• Telangana: Power crisis in Vijayawada, curfew in Vizianagaram

  After two days of protests, it's a calmer Sunday for the Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh. The 13 districts of Seemandhra, as the Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions are jointly called, witnessed total shutdown over the last two days following the 48-hour strike called by anti-Telangana protesters against the cabinet decision to carve out a s...

• Telangana tangle: Seemandhra faces power crisis with Vijayawada plant shut down

  The crisis in Vijaywada district of Andhra Pradesh, one of the major sites of intense opposition to Centre's plans to create Telangana, intensified further today with the closure of a power plant there.

• Andhra Pradesh government neglecting industry, agriculture: TDP president Naidu

  Addressing a meeting of Joint Action Committee of Industries at Indira Park here, TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the TDP government in the past had addressed the power crisis in a democratic manner, by setting up the Electricity Regulatory Commission, and ensured nine hours of daily supply to agriculture.

• Andhra Pradesh govt gives directive for seven-hour power supply to farmers

  Andhra Pradesh Government on Monday directed collectors to constantly monitor power supply position in their respective districts and ensure that the agriculture sector gets seven-hour supply at any cost.

• In Andhra Pradesh, industry left without power three days a week

  In Andhra Pradesh, industry is trying to figure out how to manage with just four days of power a week. A three-day a week power holiday for industrial units began this week to cope with the huge gap in demand and supply that has been exacerbated over the last several weeks. The government says that this is an unprecedented crisis caused by not enou...