His remarks come as Delhi's demand for electricity rose to 5,462 megawatts, which led to power cuts in many areas of the national capital for hours. Kejriwal said there was no power outage last year during the AAP government, even when the demand rose to 8,500 MW.
It has been more than 36 hours of continuous power cuts and the sweltering heat has pushed electricity demand, sparking a series of protests across the city.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 3 (ANI): Weavers in the state ended their strike on Thursday in support of their demand for a flat rate of electricity after getting assurances from an official of the Uttar Pradesh government.