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| Telangana protests: power crisis hits Andhra Pradesh hospitals, newborns suffer
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| INDIA
, 8-October-2013
8:23:2 AM |
| The Centre's decision to create a new Telangana state has paralysed Andhra Pradesh with blackouts severely affecting the health services across the state. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday told NDTV that he did not rule out resigning if the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was pushed through. Here are the latest developments: 1.Essential health services across the state have been badly hit. Incubators at King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam's only super-specialty government hospital, are not working properly, with the hospital having back-up of barely a few hours. Lack of air conditioners have affected patients with burn injuries and other such ailments. Authorities say they are spending Rs. 20, 000 everyday to run generators at the hospital. (Read)
2.Though power has been restored in East and West Godavari districts and Vizianagaram, the ongoing strike by 30,000 power sector employees has left a larger part of the state crippled. The chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala have written to the central electricity authority warning of possible tripping in their states due to feared collapse of the southern grid.
3.The Union Cabinet is expected to meet today to discuss the power situation in Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to NDTV, the minister of state for power, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said while the Centre was monitoring the situation closely, electricity was the state government's responsibility.
4.Tirupati and Vijayawada airports are running on backup power. The Vijayawada-based 1760 MW Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station, for the first time in its history, has completely shut down, with all seven generating units stopped. State capital Hyderabad is also witnessing blackouts. (Live updates)
5.Most industrial establishments and shops are running on backup power. Drinking water supply, train services, petrol availability and hospital services are all badly hit.
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