Power cut during Piyush Goyal conference due to NDMC failure: PIB enquiry

NEW DELHI: The power cut during power minister Piyush Goyal's press briefing that made news on social media on Friday was a result of power failure in area controlled by New Delhi Municipal Council ( NDMC), an official statement said.

Power tripped thrice for a few seconds during the minister's press conference in the New Media Centre of Press Information Bureau ( PIB) marking achievements of power, coal and renewable energy ministries in two years of NDA government.

In a lighter vein, Goyal said,"My wife tells me that power should go off once in every programme that I hold so that I can be sure that I have miles to go before I rest and sleep. I don't know whether they have made it a practice or guidance or it is actually gone."

A PIB statement said,"Director General, Press Information Bureau had earlier in the afternoon ordered an enquiry into the power incident and sought a report from the officials of PIB soon after the press conference."

There was a power failure at 11.25 am for 45 minutes in NDMC area. PIB decided to source electricity from generators during the power cut as the NDMC supply was unstable, the statement said.