Power Ministry's urgent advisory for 9 minutes light off!

The Union Power Ministry in an urgent advisory has reiterated that has reiterated that there is no need to switch off fans, ACs, fridges etc. Only domestic home lights need to be switched-off at 9.00pm-9.09pm, the advisory said.

New Delhi: In view of the nine minutes light off on Sunday, the Union Power Ministry in an urgent advisory has reiterated that there is no need to switch off fans, ACs, fridges etc.

“Indian Electricity Grid is well designed to handle such kind of load variation and has several in-built levels of control and safety mechanisms to absorb any kind of frequency changes occurring due to such load variation. Thus, all the domestic appliances will be totally safe and hence should be kept in normal functioning mode as per the requirements,” the advisory said.

Only domestic home lights need to be switched-off at 9.00pm-9.09pm, the advisory said.

It further said that no street lights, common area places, hospitals and other essential services need not to switch off their lights.

It said that all adequate arrangements and standard operating protocols are in place to maintain grid stability.

“All States, UTs and Local bodies have been advised to keep the street lights on for public safety,” the advisory said.

Lights in Hospitals and all other essential services like Public Utilities, Municipal Services, Offices, Police Stations, Manufacturing Facilities, etc will remain on, the advisory said.