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POWERLESS IN SOUTH: States are facing huge shortfalls as their power demand is not even close to being fulfilled.

POWERLESS IN SOUTH: States are facing huge shortfalls as their power demand is not even close to being fulfilled.

South India reeling under a power crisis

While its raining cats and dogs in Chennai, the rest of the south is facing one of its worst power crisis in decades. The total shortage in Tamil Nadu is 15 per cent, in Andhra Pradesh it's 4.3 per cent, in Kerala 19 per cent and in Karnataka its 15 per cent. Karnataka is now lobbying with the Centre for more power from the Central grid.

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