Power consumption in Mancherial district has risen amid increased demand for irrigation and declining groundwater levels. Officials cite higher use of agricultural motors, while farmers staging protests at substations allege inadequate power supply and rising generator costs
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to expand power generation capacity and reduce electricity costs amid rising demand. He called for feasibility studies of pumped storage projects at 130 reservoirs, greater solar generation and measures to reduce procurement and distribution costs
Kerala recorded its highest average daily electricity consumption for July in a decade, with demand rising 12 per cent year-on-year. As power shortages continue, the government blamed deficient rainfall, while the BJP alleged the outages reflected the UDF government's failure to meet rising demand
Yogi Adityanath directed officials to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply amid rising heatwave-driven demand in Uttar Pradesh. The state recorded peak demand above 30,000 MW, while the government strengthened transmission infrastructure and planned major renewable and storage energy capacity expansion
The peak demand of the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana stood at 9121 MW and the Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited at 5738 MW on Tuesday, whereas it was 7849 MW and 4711 MW respectively last year on the same day.
