“Duration of Power Cut in #Odisha has been reduced. Situation to improve further by Durga Puja. As the condition is better now, power cuts won’t continue till June 2016,” he said, but did not specify when it would stop altogether.
Due to less rains and shortage in water levels in the reservoirs, the Energy Minister had announced a power cut across the state. Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack are witnessing power outage of one hour per day, while other towns are being subjected to two to three hours of power cut. Situation is worse in rural areas.