SHIMLA: Power generation at Himachal Pradesh's hydro-projects has been severly affected due to fresh spell of snowfall in the higher reaches of the state.The slump in the electricity generation is being blamed on less discharge of water in the rivers.With reduced power generation, maintaining balance between the demand and supply has become a challenge for the electricity department.Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited, managing director, P C Negi held a meeting with the officials of State Load Dispatch Centre on Saturday to review the situation.Sources said that due to frozen glaciers, very less water is being discharged into the rivers which is directly affecting the power generation in the hydro-power projects.With more snowfall expected in the coming days, the power generation is expected to dip further.An electricity board official said currently, hydro-power projects are generating only 30% of their total capacity."We are falling short of seven lakh units per day," officials added.Sources said that state needs around 474 lakh unit power everyday to meet its demand while at present availability from all resources is of around 171 lakh unit only.Power from other states is also being taken through banking and contra banking to fulfill the demand.To meet the demand, while 74.95 lakh unit power is being taken from Delhi, 7.2 lakh unit power is being taken from Haryana on daily basis, sources said.

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