Tamil Nadu Power

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  300 Engineers Of Tamil Nadu Power Body Promoted

  Orders were issued in the first phase to 300 assistant executive engineers (electrical) out of 379 eligible engineers who joined service between 2000 and 2002

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  Jayalalithaa Announces Rs 4126 Crore Worth Schemes In Energy Sector

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today announced Rs 4126 crore worth schemes in the energy sector, including setting up of a 2x1500 MVA sub-station in Virudhunagar to transmit power generated from a 1600 mw power plant coming up in Ramanathapuram.

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  Tamil Nadu To Add 16,000 MW In 5 Years: Governor

  The Tamil Nadu government will add new thermal power generation capacity of 13,000 MW and 3,000 MW of solar power over the next five years while continuing with many of its freebie welfare schemes, Governor K Rosaiah said on Thursday.

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  Piyush Goyal Blames 'Corrupt' DMK, AIADMK For Losses In Tamil Nadu Power Sector

  Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today blamed "corrupt" DMK and AIADMK and their party-led governments for losses in the power sector in Tamil Nadu.

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  33,000 Power Loom Units On Strike In Tamil Nadu

  About 33,000 power looms units in Tamil Nadu's hosiery capital Tirupur and Coimbatore districts are on an indefinite strike since Thursday demanding higher compensation which they claim had been agreed upon by textile manufacturers in 2014.

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  Power Generation Affected in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu

  Power generation in the three thermal power units in Tamil Nadu was affected, leading to a decline in the power supply to the southern districts of Tamil Nadu in the last two days, officials said here today.

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  Power Cut Era Over in Tamil Nadu, Says State Electricity Minister

  Assuring potential investors about comfortable power supply, Tamil Nadu's Electricity Minister Natham R. Viswanathan today said the era of power cut is over in the state.

• Tamil Nadu's Power Demand to Touch 14,500 MW by Fiscal End

  Tamil Nadu's power needs are expected to touch 14,500 MW by the end of this fiscal, the state assembly was told on Monday.

• PMK Founder S Ramadoss Asks Government to Speed up Power Projects

  With power cuts reportedly continuing in some parts of the state, PMK founder S Ramadoss today urged the Tamil Nadu government to speed up various solar and thermal power projects to manage the situation.

• No More Power Cuts in Tamil Nadu From June 1, Says Jayalalithaa

  Crippling power cuts lasting for hours have been a major issue for Tamil Nadu in the last six years. Many parts of the state have witnessed power cuts of up to 16 hours.

• With Polls Over, Dark Days are Back For Karnataka

  With the polls over, the power crisis has returned to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Power cuts in the Bangalore and Hyderabad were almost nil ahead of voting day.

• Polling Over in Tamil Nadu, Power Cuts Back

  The family of a Chennai journalist has blamed a power cut for the death of their 41-year-old son, who died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

• Tamil Nadu farmers warn of mass suicides if power tariff increased

  Farmers in Coimbatore region today said they would resort to mass suicides if government went ahead with its plan to increase power tariff.

• Tamil Nadu proposes to launch Rs 20,000 crore worth power projects

  The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday proposed a series of power generation and related infrastructure development projects worth around Rs 20,000 crore, including a Rs 7,000 crore underground hydel power station in Nilgiris district.

• Blackouts dim prospects for south India's 'next Bangalore'

  Crippling power cuts in Tamil Nadu are shutting factories and threatening an industrial debt crisis that is wrecking its second-largest city's plan to become India's next business Mecca.