Atul Karmarkar.Com

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is set to try and save Pune from power cuts and load shedding. Responding to the directive from MERC, the PMC has decided to become a franchisee through which the MSEDCL can source additional power to support the Pune model of zero load-shedding.

After a long time, Pune now gears up to face the brunt of power cuts and load shedding. The past week has already seen this happening with power cuts of 3-4 hrs at a time. Around 2 years ago, in 2006, a novel plan was put into place whereby 30 industries of the CII used their captive power plants to [...]