Tamil Nadu Electricity Board cracks whip on BHEL

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) in an attempt to extend the duration of power availability to the common man has imposed a 40% power cut on Trichy's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) since September 28. The TNEB maintained that the decision was inevitable as it could not leave the common man without power for longer hours. However, BHEL general manager (maintenance and services) J Kannan told TOI on Thursday that the plant suffered losses to the tune of crores of rupees since the latest power cut and that he could not operate the high energy consuming main machine. "In addition to the financial losses, I have to make changes in the shift system. As a result I would not be able to meet the delivery deadlines," he said from the Trichy airport as he was headed for Chennai to take up the matter with the higher officials. more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Tamil-Nadu-Electricity-Board-cracks-whip-on-BHEL/articleshow/16678414.cms