Meghalaya likely to face power outage from today

SHILLONG: After the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Ltd (MeECL) failed to clear the outstanding salaries of its employees,  Meghalaya is likely to face a major power outage from today.

According to reports, NEEPCO would stop supplying power in the state following the failure to guarantee payment security to the emploees.

On average, Meghalaya buys about 135 MW of power from NEEPCO.

In addition to NEEPCO, the Meghalaya government is yet to clear outstanding payments of other major power generation organizations like NHPC, NTPC and ONGC Tripura Power Company.

Meghalaya’s peak load requirement is about 500 MW of power.

During the last few months, the Meghalaya government has been making advance payments to NEEPCO for the supply of power.

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Sources said NEEPCO decided not to supply power after the Meghalaya government failed to make advance payment till Friday evening.

The government has also failed to clear the salaries of MECL employees.  The salaries of the MECL employees have remained pending for the last two months.

The state Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) on Dec 17 called off their indefinite strike after the Corporation agreed to release the pending salary of the employees of October by the evening and further agreed to clear November’s salary within this week.

The Corporation also promised to pay the salary of the employees within the first week of every month (starting this month).

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