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Centre will give power, coal, but cuts will continue for a while

If you get electricity from Mahavitaran, the state power distribution company, you will have to live with power cuts for some more time. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said the power shortage is a national crisis and that the situation would improve gradually.

Mahavitaran, which has 1.9 crore consumers across Maharashtra, supplies power to Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Mulund, Kalyan-Dombivli, Vasai-Virar Nalasopara, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Domestic users have been facing between three and 13 hours of power cuts daily for around 10 days now.

Frustrated consumers have attacked the Mahavitaran staff and ransacked several offices in the past three days.

The rest of the city, however, will remain unaffected because its power distributors – Reliance Infrastructure, BEST and Tata Power Company – have made arrangements.

Mahavitaran has a shortfall of 4,000 to 4,500 (MW). This will reduce as the Centre has promised 700MW from its quota, of which 300MW will start coming in from Wednesday midnight.

The coal ministry has assured the state two extra train rakes of coal a day, to raise generation by 700MW. Additional gas supply will boost generation at Dabhol plant in the next 10 days.

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