More expensive than London, worse off than Patna
The reason for Gurgaon’s power crisis is simple: it needs 1700 MW of electricity but gets a little less than 1200.
The effects of this three-digit shortfall – altogether 525 MW – are more complicated. It means that the 16 lakh residents of Millennium City have to go without electricity for 6-8 hours everyday .
Most residents are helpless, but those who can afford it, opt for captive power plants. And pay through their noses: “We cough up Rs 11.40 per unit for uninterrupted power. As honest taxpayers, we feel short-changed by the government,” says Rajender Sharma, a businessman living in DLF Phase IV .
The more than 250 national and international Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms in the city, as also the 2200 industrial units, also have to depend on diesel gensets.
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The effects of this three-digit shortfall – altogether 525 MW – are more complicated. It means that the 16 lakh residents of Millennium City have to go without electricity for 6-8 hours everyday .
Most residents are helpless, but those who can afford it, opt for captive power plants. And pay through their noses: “We cough up Rs 11.40 per unit for uninterrupted power. As honest taxpayers, we feel short-changed by the government,” says Rajender Sharma, a businessman living in DLF Phase IV .
The more than 250 national and international Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms in the city, as also the 2200 industrial units, also have to depend on diesel gensets.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: BPIAI, BPO, DLF Phase IV, electricity, global market, gurgaon, London, Millennium City, Patna, power crisis, residents
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