Power Cuts In Odisha

Lights went off during President Droupadi Murmu's address at the 12th convocation of the Maharaja Shri Ramchandra Bhanjadeo University in Odisha's Baripada on Saturday plunging the venue into darkness.

There could be a blackout in the national capital in the next two days if coal supplies to power plants do not improve, a Delhi minister said today.

The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Fani mounted to 43 today, even as people staged a road blockade and assaulted a state official in protest against water shortage and power cuts in the coastal belt ravaged by the severe storm a week ago.

The death toll in Cyclone Fani rose to 29 on Sunday, two days after the "extremely severe" storm barrelled through coastal Odisha, causing widespread destruction and leaving hundreds grappling with water shortage and power cuts, an official said.

Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest storms to come off the Indian Ocean in recent years, slammed into India on Friday, tearing down trees, blowing away food stands and cutting off power and water.

A six-year-old girl in Odisha who had gone to buy biscuits was raped, strangled and left inside a school campus in a village in Cuttack district on Saturday. The girl has multiple injuries and is admitted in a hospital. Her condition is said to be critical. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday.

The Odisha government on Friday announced that there would be no power cuts till June 30 to bringing much needed relief for people from the heat wave in the state.

The Odisha Government today said there would be no power cuts till June 30 even as the monsoon is delayed as per the forecast of the IMD.

With Odisha facing shortage of about 550 MW of electricity every day due to reduction in hydro-power generation, the load-shedding is likely to continue till June next year.

The state run Central Electricity Supply Utility of Orissa (CESU) today announced load shedding for at least one hour a day in Bhubaneswar and some other districts even as the gruelling heat disrupted normal life in the state.

Amid reports that a powerful section within Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had fallen out with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJD chief is cutting short his London trip to firefight the dissent in his party. Sources say Mr Patnaik was supposed to reach Bhubaneswar on June 2, but will now reach the state capital tomorrow morning.

Lights went off during President Droupadi Murmu's address at the 12th convocation of the Maharaja Shri Ramchandra Bhanjadeo University in Odisha's Baripada on Saturday plunging the venue into darkness.

There could be a blackout in the national capital in the next two days if coal supplies to power plants do not improve, a Delhi minister said today.

The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Fani mounted to 43 today, even as people staged a road blockade and assaulted a state official in protest against water shortage and power cuts in the coastal belt ravaged by the severe storm a week ago.

The death toll in Cyclone Fani rose to 29 on Sunday, two days after the "extremely severe" storm barrelled through coastal Odisha, causing widespread destruction and leaving hundreds grappling with water shortage and power cuts, an official said.

Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest storms to come off the Indian Ocean in recent years, slammed into India on Friday, tearing down trees, blowing away food stands and cutting off power and water.

A six-year-old girl in Odisha who had gone to buy biscuits was raped, strangled and left inside a school campus in a village in Cuttack district on Saturday. The girl has multiple injuries and is admitted in a hospital. Her condition is said to be critical. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday.

The Odisha government on Friday announced that there would be no power cuts till June 30 to bringing much needed relief for people from the heat wave in the state.

The Odisha Government today said there would be no power cuts till June 30 even as the monsoon is delayed as per the forecast of the IMD.

With Odisha facing shortage of about 550 MW of electricity every day due to reduction in hydro-power generation, the load-shedding is likely to continue till June next year.

The state run Central Electricity Supply Utility of Orissa (CESU) today announced load shedding for at least one hour a day in Bhubaneswar and some other districts even as the gruelling heat disrupted normal life in the state.

Amid reports that a powerful section within Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had fallen out with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJD chief is cutting short his London trip to firefight the dissent in his party. Sources say Mr Patnaik was supposed to reach Bhubaneswar on June 2, but will now reach the state capital tomorrow morning.