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Five major issues that hit Tamil Nadu in 2012
By Bhama Devi Ravi
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Last Updated: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 19:00 hrs
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1. Paucity of power
There is simply not enough power being generated in the state. Do the arithmetic. The state needs around 11,500 MW, but is able to come up with only around 7,500 MW.
To address the short fall, authorities have opted for load shedding, amounting to two hours daily in the state capital Chennai, and anywhere between 12 and 14 hours in the districts. Being cash strapped as well, which makes it difficult to buy power from elsewhere at competitive rates, the authorities also raised the power tariff, leaving the common man fuming.
Without adequate power, cost overruns are huge and profit margins down for the business community. Some estimates peg the daily loss to industrial units in places like Thiruppur and Coimbatore at Rs 100 crore. A combination of poor execution and unexpected problems spanning years are the reasons for such a sorry state of affairs. For ten years, between 2001 and 2011, the state added a mere 483 MW to its capacity generation, although the demand ranged between 6000 MW and 11,000 MW in that window .
Power projects announced by successive governments have stumbled at the blocks, for one reason or the other. Ditto centrally green signalled ones like the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. Since the southern regional power grid will be interconnected with other regions only by 2014, 'shopping' from other regions is not an easy solution either. Officials are now hoping that thermal power plants at Vallur and Mettur will commence production soon
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Five major issues that hit Tamil Nadu in 2012
By Bhama Devi Ravi
Source : SIFY
Last Updated: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 19:00 hrs
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Thousands join protest in sea at Kudankulam
1. Paucity of power
There is simply not enough power being generated in the state. Do the arithmetic. The state needs around 11,500 MW, but is able to come up with only around 7,500 MW.
To address the short fall, authorities have opted for load shedding, amounting to two hours daily in the state capital Chennai, and anywhere between 12 and 14 hours in the districts. Being cash strapped as well, which makes it difficult to buy power from elsewhere at competitive rates, the authorities also raised the power tariff, leaving the common man fuming.
Without adequate power, cost overruns are huge and profit margins down for the business community. Some estimates peg the daily loss to industrial units in places like Thiruppur and Coimbatore at Rs 100 crore. A combination of poor execution and unexpected problems spanning years are the reasons for such a sorry state of affairs. For ten years, between 2001 and 2011, the state added a mere 483 MW to its capacity generation, although the demand ranged between 6000 MW and 11,000 MW in that window .
Power projects announced by successive governments have stumbled at the blocks, for one reason or the other. Ditto centrally green signalled ones like the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. Since the southern regional power grid will be interconnected with other regions only by 2014, 'shopping' from other regions is not an easy solution either. Officials are now hoping that thermal power plants at Vallur and Mettur will commence production soon