For the last few days, the outbreak of severe heat waves has been seen in the state. The temperature is rising. In such a situation, strong arrangements should be made at every level for the safety of common people and livestock, wildlife, the Chief Minister instructed.
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.
As temperatures are soaring past the 45°C mark in some areas of Northwest India, impacting daily life and forcing people to stay indoors, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma instructed officials of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) and Power Distribution Corporation
People in Karachi have been facing the problem of powercut, longer outages, and loadshedding with no respite for consumers in sight during the month of Ramzan.
The protesters said despite producing around 4,000 megawatts of electricity, they are not given any benefits, instead they have to face prolonged power cuts and hefty bills.
While some posters say that "Congress party killed our children", others demanded that "Congress should apologize". Some posters depicted news articles titled, "Karnataka's power woes, unemployment", "Power cuts hit Ballari's jeans industries hard".
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday unleashed an attack against the BJP-led Central government over the "power cuts" and other unresolved issues in Kashmir.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Harish Rao on Tuesday said that power cuts are happening across the country except for Telangana adding that the electricity situation in Karnataka has worsened under the Congress government.
Protesters expressed frustration over unjust tax hikes, an unprecedented surge in electricity bills despite prolonged power cuts, and against a state-manufactured crisis of essential services in the region.
Union Energy Minister RK Singh was requested to make a permanent allocation of 400-450 MW from coal-based plants to secure the base load in view of the energy security of the state and to make the state free from power cuts.
Amid the heavy monsoon rains splashing over the different regions of Pakistan, nationwide power outages have averaged around 10 to 12 hours a day on Friday, according to The Express Tribune.