New Delhi: Delhi, reeling under high temperatures and an acute electricity shortage, will get additional gas supplies from NTPC and Dabhol to increase power generation and help meet demand in the national capital. While the Power Ministry has assured fuel supply from NTPC to generate power to the tune of 400 MW, the government has decided to divert natural gas from the Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra to stations in the capital to help produce an additional 218 MW of electricity. Power Minister Piyush Goyal also promised that the Bawana-Rohini power transmission line, which was damaged by the storm in the capital and adjoining states on May 30, will be restored by tonight. "Hopefully, we will be able to meet the peak demand of today," he added. All other transmission lines will be repaired in the next 15 days, he said. Delhi's current requirement of power is 5,800 MW against which availability is 5,300 MW, Goyal said. State-owned NTPC has agreed to release gas to the Bawana project in Delhi. "The total generation capacity of the Bawana gas-based plant is 1,500 MW but at present 290 MW is being generated. NTPC has consented to release as much gas as is required by the plant to generate more power," Goyal said. State gas utility GAIL India Ltd has proposed to divert 0.9 million standard cubic meters a day of domestic gas from the now-shut Dabhol power plant to units in Delhi, a top oil ministry official said. Goyal said getting power from outside Delhi to supplement electricity generation cannot be done due to inadequate transmission lines. Delhi can absorb only 400 MW, he said, adding that if a better transmission network had been built over the past 10 years, fuel could have been provided for producing an additional 1,100 MW.
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