Genset ban in Delhi NCR | How will housing societies get power?

Описание: With the advent of winter, the pollution graph starts rising in Delhi-NCR. To save Delhi from becoming a gas chamber, GRAP is being implemented, this is why EPCA has banned diesel gensets in Delhi NCR.

EPCA order says when ambient air quality reaches very poor, gensets will be banned. However, there are some exemptions for:

• Medical purposes, elevators, railways, metros and airports.
• Housing societies are entirely dependent on gensets as a source of electric power.
• Housing societies which run on rural electricity feeds and have major power outages.
• People working from home who need to remain online mandatorily.
• For patients who depend on medical equipment, which requires electricity.

Haryana govt has exempted some societies till 30th Nov from this order. Technically a device within the norms should not be banned. Still, how many builders and people are willing to install such gensets is a debatable question.

Housing societies have not yet started thinking of replacing existing gensets with PNG gensets, cost of PNG gensets is four times the cost of diesel gensets.

The irresponsibility of developers, rising costs and other factors make other options unrealistic for quick implementation. Power suppliers and DISCOMS must understand their responsibility and give uninterrupted power to housing societies.

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