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The Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, today said that the power demand-supply mismatch is likely to persist for a couple of years till fresh capacity is added in the State.
Reviewing the power situation in the State, the Chief Minister called upon the farm community not to cultivate paddy during the forthcoming rabi crop season keeping in view the acute shortage of power in spite of making arrangement from all possible sources.
While efforts are underway to procure additional 1,000 MW power from Chhattisgarh, the State would also try and insist on its rightful share of power from Andhra Pradesh, he said.
Power sharing issues
Discussing about the power sharing issues between the two States post the division as per AP States Reorganisation Act, he said injustice is being meted out to Telangana without providing adequate supply and its share.
The Chief Minister said that the issue of power generation from the hydel power generating stations of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar is also being obstructed by Andhra Pradesh.
He said that the State is also insisting on its share of power from Krishnapatnam project now with AP Genco. The Krishna board too has imposed restrictions on power generation from Srisailam project. The State is mulling legal options.
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