India: Karnataka faces massive power shortage

India’s IT hub may go without power for up to six hours a day and Karnataka’s rural areas up to 10 hours a day from Aug 1 as the state is facing a severe power crisis, the government indicated Wednesday.

“There will be 25 percent power cut in August and the remaining of July will see 20 percent load shedding,” Energy Minister K.S. Eshwarappa told the state assembly here.

India: Power shortage may exceed 2000 MW

The power shortage might exceed 2,000 MW from August onwards if there are no inflows into the reservoirs and there appears to be no encouraging prediction from the meteorological department according to officials of power utilities.

India: No change in load - shedding schedule

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) announced a status quo in the load-shedding protocol for Pune city for Wednesday.

A statement by MSEDCL released on Tuesday said that cuts increased by 30 minutes on Tuesday will have no further changes. Accordingly, the group A areas will face load-shedding of 3 hours 15 minutes while that for the group B will be 3 hours 45 minutes.

India: Power cuts fuel shortage of diesel

The citizens are faced with a new problem now - unscheduled long hours of power cuts are fuelling diesel shortage.

The bulk users are the industries as they are heavily dependent on diesel-run generators for their power needs. With load-shedding on, industries and corporate offices are hoarding diesel in a big way.

Nepal: Fuel Shortage Hits Garbage Collection in Pokhara

Most of the vehicles of Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City (PSM) used in garbage collection were grounded on Tuesday due to the shortage of fuel. Only three of the nine vehicles used in garbage management could ply on Tuesday.

Nigeria: Nigeria militants say plan to destroy oil pipelines

The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end its campaign.

The head of the state-run oil firm NNPC was quoted in Nigerian newspapers on Wednesday as saying the company had paid militant groups $12 million to protect facilities including the Chanomi creek pipeline in Delta state.

Togo: Togo electricity production to double

The projected plant plans to run on heavy fuel oil until natural gas becomes available via the West Africa Gas Pipeline in construction. The project is set to produce over 780 GWh of electricity and help the West African nation and the broader region overcome an electricity shortage that has resulted in rolling blackouts and inhibited its economic growth.

China: PetroChina to Control Exports to Ease Domestic Gasoline, Diesel Shortages

PetroChina Co., the nation's biggest oil producer, said its will extend the ``strict control'' on fuel exports in the second half of this year to ease domestic shortages of gasoline and diesel.

Egypt: Drivers infuriated by shortage of affordable fuel

Taxis queued in front of gas stations across Cairo as the congested city suffered a shortage of 80-octane and diesel fuel, a crisis that reached its peak last week.

“I have to stay in queues for two hours or more, and sometimes I do not even find fuel available for my car,” said Hussein Soliman, a taxi driver.

India: Acute diesel shortage hits Hyderabad

Hyderabad is experiencing an acute shortage of diesel for the past few days. This has forced petrol pumps to ration the fuel and as a result cabs are steering out of business.

"Due to this diesel shortage, all my cars are getting stopped. My cars were taken on finance. Business is affected as drivers are unable to take the cars out due to lack of diesel,” said Mohammed Aslam. He is a supervisor for a cab service and supplies cabs to several IT companies in the city. However, for the past few days his cabs have to wait for at least four hours every morning to get diesel.

India: State industries to bear extra loadshedding

The acute power shortage in the state, aggravated by absence of rains, will hit the industries in Maharashtra the hardest. Beginning Tuesday midnight, all industries in the state will have to face extra eight hours of load-shedding, over and above the 16 hours that they undergo every week.

Pakistan: Traders protest load shedding

Traders on Monday demonstrated against hours-long load shedding in front of district nazim office.

They later blocked Mardan-Nowshera Road for one hour while shouting against WAPDA, provincial government and district authorities. Markazi Tanzeem Tajiran President Hajji Muhammad Aslam, Carpenter Association President Iftikhar Khan and General Secretary Syed Muhammad led the demonstrators.

Zimbabwe: Load-shedding prejudicing business

For the better part of the week — working days — 95 percent of shops on the western wing are without electricity. Most of the times power is switched off at 9am when we commence work only to be restored exactly at 4:30pm when we knock off.