According to the power ministry data, the peak power demand met was 177.20GW on April 1, 2021...

Soaring prices of fuel and other essential commodities have pushed many to the brink and they have no option but to grin and bear...

Worst hit areas remain Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Palamau, Garhwa and Santhal Pargana...

Central Electricity Authority data shows that as many as 83 thermal power stations are in a ‘critical’ stock situation, with stocks less than 25 per cent of their requirement...

Most roads in the township have been plunging into darkness after sundown over the past two years...

Worst victims are commercial customers including traders and industrialists...

With no option left in hand, majority of the residents are compelled to resort to illegal power source...

The current situation forced government hospitals in the union territory to reschedule elective surgeries, besides adversely affecting residential, industrial and commercial areas in the city...

Plan to scale up the production level to 2.6 mt per day in March...

The average tariff worked out by the WBERC, however, is significantly lower than the rates proposed by the Kolkata-based company...