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The long hours of power cut in Gurgaon is making life miserable for the residents. While people staying in societies with complete power back up do not feel the heat of the situation, those staying in independent houses are the real sufferers. The miserable power situation is not something new for the city as Gurgaon is facing the issue since it started developing as a modern city.

According to recent news published in The Times of India, on 27^th June, 2011, the residents are reeling under 8 hours of power cut. It is becoming difficult for the residents to cope with the situation as the temperature is at its best in Delhi and NCR. Recent rains have increased the humidity level which is recorded as much as 70% on most of the days. It is a horrible experience to stay without fan or Air Conditioner in such humid and moist weather.

According to the news the worst hit areas of Gurgaon are Malibu Town, Sushant Lok I, Sector 7, 9, 10, 10, 10A, and 22. Residents staying in these locations have to hugely depend on inverter and gensets in order to enjoy electricity. Continuous usage of inverter and gensets turn out to very costly modes of enjoying electricity.

Why is Gurgaon facing power crisis?

The consumption of power in Gurgaon has drastically risen due to increase in population. While in 2004-2005 Gurgaon’s power requirement was 1,587 MW, in the present times it has shot up to 3,480 MW. During peak summer (April – August), Haryana Government falls short of 30 lakh units of power. Power requirement in Gurgaon has increases 15% every year.

Although the Haryana Vidyut Parishad Nigam (HVPN), and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam (DHBVN), are rapidly working towards more and more generation of power to overcome this shortage, situation still remains bleak. Private players like DLF and Unitech play a major role in bridging the gap between demand and supply if electricity in Gurgaon by producing electricity to be supplied in their own colonies. These private players have diesel and gas-based generators that serve their own colonies. For example, DLF produces as much as 40 MW of electricity with its own captive units.

According to a recent announcement by Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Gurgaon will be self sufficient when it comes to electricity by the year 2012. The Government is planning to set up a 1,500 MW Gas based power plant in Haryana which will end the woes of not only Gurgaon but all the towns of Hrayana.

However, the main reason for power crisis in Gurgaon is not limited to lack of power generation, there are infrastructural issues related to distribution of power that becomes another bottleneck. Even if Haryana Government succeeds in generating the required amount of electricity, distribution of power will be obstructed due to lack of high tension wires, effective transformers, and high-capacity substations.

The fact cannot be denied that Haryana Government is taking all necessary steps in order to ensure that residents get the required amount of power, but due to unplanned and sudden outburst of population and commercial set ups, it is becoming a rather challenging task for the administration.

Whether the millennium city will be able to claim its name or give away to various infrastructural problems is yet to be seen in the coming years.

Reecha Kumar