Bengaluru, March 1 -- Allaying fears over load shedding in summer, Energy Minister K.J. George has clarified that, there won't be load shedding on any occasion, as the Energy Department is well prepared to meet the demand for the supply of 19,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity in summer.

Minister George was speaking to media persons after chairing a meeting of Chairmen of all Electricity Supply Companies (ESComs) and senior officials of Energy Department here yesterday.

Minister George said, the action has been taken to fulfil the promise of supplying seven hours of power to the Irrigation Pumpsets of the farmers and 24 hours of power for other purposes.

Adequate power is available to meet the demand. Barring technical glitches at the l...