Hyderabad sighed a huge relief with Telangana government managed to supply 24X7 Power in Summer. However a huge power cuts season is looking large on the city as the Kharif season is about to begin in the state.
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In the last crop season, the state machinery aggressively promoted in farmers not to lay crops such as paddy saying that they can not supply power. As a result the Paddy cultivation was down by at least 30% there by there are no power problems.
However farmers are moving back to Paddy this season with the Chief Minister promising nine-hour guaranteed power supply to the agriculture sector. Also the good rain fall in June encouraged the farmers to take up Paddy cultivation. As a result the power demand is increasing steadily and they say Power cuts may be imminent for domestic users in Hyderabad and the rest of Telangana from July end.
