24-hour promise, 12-hour supply
Farmers protested power disruptions and low voltage in several Telangana districts. An electricity official confirmed 12-hour agricultural supply in Maripeda mandal; the wider picture remains undocumented.
An official said Maripeda mandal was receiving 12 continuous hours of three-phase agricultural supply.
Farmers protested alleged power disruptions and low voltage in Jogulamba Gadwal, Sangareddy and Wanaparthy districts, seeking uninterrupted and quality agricultural supply, according to a September 13 report. They alleged frequent outages, an uncertain cut schedule, pump-set damage and the risk of crop losses. Those claims have not been independently verified through feeder logs or crop-inspection records.
A separate September 11 report from Yellampet in Mahabubabad district adds one awkward detail to the government’s 24-hour-power script. Assistant Divisional Engineer M. Srinivas said Maripeda mandal was receiving 12 continuous hours of three-phase agricultural supply. He said the demand for 24 hours would be taken up with TGNPDCL CMD Karnati Varun Reddy. The Telangana government has repeatedly said it provides, or is committed to providing, 24-hour quality power to farmers.
The protests are therefore established; a statewide failure is not. TGNPDCL has published complaint numbers 18004250028 and 1912, but no feeder-wise outage, voltage or crop-loss records for these incidents were found. The Congress government’s promise is on paper. The supply schedule, in at least one mandal, is also on paper — just a shorter one.