New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday asked the Centre and Delhi Government to explain the steps being taken by them to enhance power generation and supply to meet the increased demand during the peak summer months.
A Bench of Justice Ruma Pal and Justice A K Mathur asked them to file separate affidavits detailing the measures taken to improve the situation.
The Bench, which is monitoring the power crisis since 1999, wondered how the Capital will play host to the Commonwealth Games in the year 2010.
The Court observed when it started monitoring the power crisis, Delhi did not have adequate power because it was exporting power. Thereafter, it was said that non-availability of power was due to electricity-theft and distribution losses.
However, despite the distribution system having been handed over to private companies, the situation has not improved, the Bench observed.
The Court wanted to know if it was possible to involve private companies in power generation to improve the situation and if smaller power plants based on gas-turbines could be set up to meet the challenge.
On behalf of the power distribution companies, senior counsel Aryam Sundaram submitted that his clients could not be blamed for the crisis as they were supplying what was being made available to them by Delhi Transco.
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