New Delhi: Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal got a reality check while apprising the august assembly of his government’s achievement during a book launch on Friday. The moment the minister started off with his speech, the event testified a power cut.
The minister was explaining as to how his government has strived hard to electrify rural India in a span of two years since the BJP-led NDA government came to power. Goyal was in a flow when a sudden power cut impeded the event. However, instead of being put down by the crisis, Goyal smartly braced the situation.
Keeping his calm, he said, “My wife tells me that there should be a power cut at every program so I know I have miles to go before I sleep. Looks like they have taken this quite seriously.”
Without taking a pause, the minister talked about the booklet named ‘Ujwal Bharat two years’ , and how the government is planning to arrange a power supply system for Delhi, which would ensure 24 hours power supply like in Mumbai.
Immediately after the glitch, PIB (Press information bureau) ordered an enquiry into the event. "Director General, Press Information Bureau had earlier in the afternoon ordered an enquiry into the power incident and sought a report from the officials of PIB soon after the event," a PIB statement said.
According to a preliminary report submitted to DG, PIB, it was found that the power supply of New Delhi Municipal Corporation was restored after 45 minutes at 12.10 pm but in order to avoid further tripping, the supply was maintained on DG sets.
It further stated there was a power failure at 11.25 am from the NDMC side.
The National Media Centre has a back-up of 4 Gensets, 2 Gensets of 500 KVA and 2 Gensets of 750 KVA, which are in a auto mode.
Soon after the power failure, the sets started on automode but due to surge in requirement of power the air circuit braker of the supply tripped and load automatically transferred to 500 KVA Gensets, it said.
Since the power supply was not stable in automatic mode, PIB officials took the decision to put the gensets into manual mode and maintain the supply without any further tripping till the end of the press conference, it added.
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