According to a new study, the industries located in the Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) has been forced to cut their production by 25 per cent due to unreliable power supply.

A study by Assocham has found that unscheduled power supply in Delhi-NCR is expected to impact small and medium enterprises (SME) sector in the area. Assocham said that power cuts will force industrial units in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Faridabad to cur production by up to 40 to 45 per cent mainly in the manufacturing units.

The industry representative body had collected feedbacks from major industrial establishments in the area. D S Rawat, secretary general of Assocham pointed out that the power cuts will be disastrous for the SME sector. Data shows that About six million people are employed in about 3,50,000 SMEs in the Delhi-NCR and ti is one of the largest employer of blue collar jobs. And underutilisation of machineries could also result in job losses in the region.

Factory owners have also said that the erratic power supply have forced them to use diesel units to generate their own electricity but this has proved to be very expensive for business.