14-hour outages: Major power crisis in Punjab as demand rapidly shoots up

停电14小时：旁遮普电力危机，需求激增

CHANDIGARH: Punjab, reeling under unprecedented power shortage amid an intense heatwave, is facing unbearably long electricity outages as the demand reached a high of 14,500 MW on Thursday, resulting in a shortfall of 1,330 MW in supply.

昌迪加尔：周四，印度旁遮普省的电力需求达到1.45万兆瓦，导致1330兆瓦的电力供应短缺。热浪袭来，旁遮普省正面临着难以忍受的长时间停电。

Reminiscent of the time when Punjab was yet to claim ‘power surplus’ tag, there have been long cuts in electricity supply across the state since the last couple of days.

这让人想起了旁遮普还没有宣布“电力过剩”的时候，从过去几天开始，整个邦的电力供应长时间中断。

Many areas in Mohali faced cuts of over 14 hours since the last 24 hours, Patiala and Bathinda had power outages of up to seven hours and parts of Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Muktsar and Ludhiana had between six and 12 hours of cuts. For over a week, the electricity supply to the state’s rural areas has been restricted and farmers are among the worst hit during the paddy transplantation season.

莫哈里的许多地区自过去24小时以来面临超过14小时的断电，帕蒂拉和巴廷达停电多达7小时，卡普塔拉、塔恩塔兰、费罗泽普尔、穆克扎克和卢迪亚纳的部分地区断电达6至12小时。一个多星期以来，该邦农村地区的电力供应一直受到限制，在插秧季节，农民受到的打击最为严重。

Under fire for not making adequate arrangements for the peak power consumption season, the Amarinder government pressed the panic button on Thursday and restricted electricity to industry and changed working hours in government offices to 8 am to 2 pm.

由于没有为用电高峰做好充分安排，阿马里德政府周四紧急采取措施，限制工业用电，并将政府办公室的工作时间改为上午8点至下午2点。

Urging all government offices to make judicious use of electricity, the chief minister said the situation was dire as the peak demand in Punjab had touched 14,500 MW. So far, no decision has been made to ban the use of air-conditioners in government offices.

首席部长敦促所有政府部门合理用电，他表示，旁遮普省的用电高峰已经达到1.45万兆瓦，形势非常严峻。到目前为止，尚未决定禁止在政府办公室使用空调。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Saturn Sputnik

Vote for AAP to get 24 hours free power...even during zero generation of power...

投票给印度平民党，可以获得24小时免费用电，即使发电量为零…

Vikrant Sood

Anything offered for free has no gurantee

任何免费提供的东西都没有保证

TEshtate Joker

our punjabi CM is busy in organizing farmer's protest....l

旁遮普邦的首席部长正忙着组织农民抗议....

PushkarDgreat User

congress incompetency on display.

这说明了国大党的无能

Milind Jawale

Mr kejariwal giving free electricity is this that ?

凯杰里瓦尔先生承诺让免费用电，就是这样吗?

Rahul Malhotra

In his attempts to create problema for Central government, Amarinder has destroyed Punjab. The protestors at Delhi borders will harm the Punjab more..

为了给印度政府制造麻烦，阿马里德毁了旁遮普邦。德里边境的抗议者会对旁遮普造成更大伤害。

Manoranjan Dutta

Amid the major power crisis in Punjab Mr Kejriwal promises free electricity. Obviously he has great chance of wng

旁遮普邦遭遇重大电力危机，凯杰里瓦尔先生承诺免费供电。显然，他有很大的机会获胜

Manas Sarkar

They burn the waste of farming, which damages their state more than others. This is the result of that.

他们焚烧秸秆，对他们邦造成的损害很大，这就是后果。

Rv Sagar

The leaders have time only for infighting. And, the super leader is busy tweeting on imaginary faults of Modi government! Hell with the public.

领导人只有时间勾心斗角。这位超级领导人正忙着在推特上抨击莫迪政府，污蔑他们！让公众见鬼去吧。

Manohar Kaul

Punjab will have an AAP government soon, Kejriwal will produce power & will give 300 units free to the People of Punjab.

平民党很快就会在旁遮普组建政府，凯杰里瓦尔将生产电力，并让所有旁遮普人免费用300度电。

Kabul Se Pathan

Soon aap will bring free power to Punjab. But that free power supply will only be for 1 min per day.

很快平民党将给旁遮普带来免费电力。但是免费的电力供应每天只有1分钟。

akshay roy

In Punjab at least captain Amrijdar Singh is sensibly working on the issue. He has not blamed central government for the problem.

至少旁遮普首席部长正在明智地解决这个问题。他没有把这个问题归咎于印度政府。

Viney Anand

Punjab Govt achievement: Power Surplus to power deficient in five years.

旁遮普政府的成就：五年内从电力过剩到电力不足。

Sriram Vangal

Next in line may be Tamilnadu........moving towards that.

接下来可能是泰米尔纳德邦........

Gaana User

Now Pappu should come with his white paper on his vision on Punjab..

现在拉胡尔应该带着他关于旁遮普愿景的白皮书站出来。

SURESH HARISHCHANDRA GUPA

Vote for AAP , no power crises, no demand increase, no load shedding, no bill payment, means People with power, AAP With Power. Good calculated move to fool public

投票给平民党，没有电力危机，没有需求增加，没有负荷减少，不用支付电费，人民有电用，平民党有权力。这真是愚弄公众的好办法

Stormerz

With less than half the population of Tamilnadu, Punjab consumes 14,500MW while Tamilnadu consumes 13,000MW average. While TN is a more industrialized state than Punjab ! Doesn't make any sense. What the hell are Punjabis doing with all the electricity?

旁遮普的人口不到泰米尔纳德邦的一半，平均每天消耗1.45万兆瓦电，而泰米尔纳德邦平均消耗1.3万兆瓦。泰米尔纳德邦的工业化程度比旁遮普高，这说不通啊。旁遮普人要这么多电干什么?

pranay gautam

AND KEJRIWAL IS PROMISING 300 UNITS OF POWER FREE. HE HAS TURNED DELHI INTO A THIRD CLASS CITY. U CAN WELL IMAGINE WHAT WILL BECOME OF PUNJAB.

凯杰里瓦尔承诺让旁遮普人免费用电300度。他把德里变成了三等城市，可以想象旁遮普会变成什么样子。

Dev

Dont Worry......Please make Kejriwal as CM of Punjab. He will give FREE electricity...

不要担心……请让凯杰里瓦尔成为旁遮普邦的首席部长。他将免费供电。

Vikrant Kumar

Power crunch in Punjab... Pathetic situation.

旁遮普发生电力危机…可悲。