Power-water woes: Dikshit warns of tough days ahead

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit demanded a detailed action plan to overcome the city's power woes Tuesday, the day that the capital's power demand peaked to a new high and residents took to the streets to protest the acute water and electricity shortages. Dikshit had called for a meeting with power distribution companies and legislators to address the crisis and work out remedial measures.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Protests in the national capital over acute water and power scarcity continued Tuesday with angry residents hitting the streets in several parts of the city, despite the heat and humidity. Dabri in west Delhi and Vishwas Nagar in east Delhi saw people blocking roads.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday told city's main power distributor to improve power situation within 15 days, and submit a detailed action plan to meet the crisis by Wednesday. Dikshit held a meeting with city's legislators and officials of discom Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES), main power distributor of the city, and warned them that they would have to improve the power situation within 15 days.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The capital city's power demand reached yet another high Tuesday as it crossed the 4,330 MW mark. "Power demand is breaking all the records.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has given directives to her subordinates to tackle the burgeoning water crisis in the Capital. Speaking to reporters after holding a cabinet meet here today, Dikshit said that the uneven distribution of water is one of the reasons for water crisis is some parts of Delhi.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A total of eight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators were Monday suspended for a day from Delhi legislative assembly for disrupting the proceedings of the house. As the proceedings of the house began Monday afternoon, the BJP members demanded suspension of the question hour to talke up a discussion on water and power problems faced by the national capital's residents.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to penalise people found wasting water in the capital and appealed to the residents to use scarce resource judiciously. "There is a shortage of water but not that much as is being shown by the media.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Enraged residents of Delhi continued their protest against one of the worst power crises to hit the national capital, coercing Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday to call a high-level meeting with power providers to discuss the problem. The meeting at Dikshit's residence would be attended by senior officials of the state power department and the private power companies like BSES and North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL).

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The national capital, which is facing its worst power outages in recent times, with mercury breaching the 40 degrees Celsius mark everyday, was on Sunday assured of relief in a couple of days by Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit. A meeting of top officials was held by Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit on Sunday to find ways to resolve the power crisis in the city, "Firstly central government has given us 150 MW extra power from its central pool.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Facing strong criticism for the power crisis in the capital right during the peak of summer, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday promised the city the situation will improve in a few days and sternly asked the power distribution companies to improve their response time. Now we will get 150 MW from the central power grid as a relief.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi's power and water woes continue without an end in sight, with citizens taking to the streets yet again Saturday to protest the crippling shortages. People blocked traffic, vandalized offices of power distribution companies and demonstrated outside the home of state Power Minister A.K.

June 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Massive power cuts and water shortage coupled with the rising mercury continued to make life difficult for Delhiites and many residents took to the streets in protest Friday. To make matters worse, Met officials said that severe heat conditions would prevail in north India in the coming days.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Frequent and long power cuts and water shortage, combined with the escalating mercury levels, left the capital's residents praying for respite Thursday while Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit warned of tough times ahead. While the temperature rose to a merciless 42.2 degrees Celsius Thursday, many parts of the city reeled in darkness thanks to long and frequent power cuts.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gruelling power cuts and parched water supply Wednesday drove the capital's residents to streets protesting inept management even as Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit tried to pacify Delhites by urging them to ensure judicious usage" of electricity. Massive power cuts and water shortage in different parts of the city made people take to the streets and block traffic at many places while shouting slogans against the city authorities.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Massive power cuts and water shortage in the sweltering summer Wednesday compelled Delhiites to come out on the roads and protest across the national capital. Restless people blocked traffic at many places and shouted slogans against the Delhi government for failing to provide water and power.