Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi has asked the countrymen to turn off the house lights for 9 minutes or to light a candle or flashlight at 9 pm on 5 April (Sunday). This initiative of PM Modi is not being liked by opposition leaders. Congress leader and Maharashtra's power minister Nitin Raut has given a controversial statement in this regard.

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Raut said that PM is cheating the people of the country. He said that the power grid in the entire country may be at risk of power grid failure. I urge the people of Maharashtra not to turn off electricity. Such rumors are being spread on social media that on April 5, grid operations may come to a standstill due to the sudden decrease in power demand. On this matter, the officials of the Ministry of Power have clarified that there will be no impact on the grid, nor will the power plants be closed as the lights of the house are closed for 9 minutes. It is being spread by some people that the grid will be closed which is totally wrong.

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Powergrid and Power System Operation Corporation (Posoco), which provide electricity through grid and manage real time in the country, have also denied these runoff. Grid experts say that in addition to the lights of the house, many appliances in the house will remain operational in those 9 minutes. The grid will adjust the power demand according to its own way, just as the people turn off the lights while sleeping at night, the low consumption demand is adjusted.

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