Even as central and state government attempts to solve the problem of acute shortage of coal for thermal projects in Uttar Pradesh, woes of people do not seem to end as power crisis deepens in Uttar Pradesh owing to a weak monsoon and shortage of adequate power supply.
Weather plays a crucial role in determining the demand and supply of power. Due to an inclement weather owing to a poor monsoon, the demand of power in U.P. has increased over past few months.
It has been a poor monsoon for the country and it remained equally bad for U.P. While in July, the east U.P. witnessed a rain deficiency of 25% and west U.P. witnessed a rain deficiency of 41%, it worsened in August leading to a rain deficiency of 53% in east U.P. and 72% in west U.P.
The weak monsoon also led to many dry days in U.P. The capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, only witnessed 57.4 mm of rain in last ten days. Bareilly mainly remained dry during the same span. For Gorakhpur the rain was 24 mm in last ten days where only one day received rain of 21 mm, leaving rest of the days highly dry.
So even though the state observed sporadic rain in this monsoon season, most of the days were highly hot and dry. The situation has worsened due to the prolonged dry spell.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division of India, the state can expect light rain showers in the next few days. The cloud cover over the state is anticipated to bring some respite from the hot weather leading to a decline in the current power demand.
