Barely 24 hours after power supply was back to normal, most parts of the state plunged into darkness again with three units at Patratu Thermal Power Station developing technical snags and power generation plummeting to 270MW against a peak time demand of over 850MW. Sources revealed the situation was unlikely to improve over the next two days. The state owned Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) was drawing around 270MW from the eastern grid, but with a deficit of over 300MW, it had no option but to enforce phased blackouts throughout its command areas in Ranchi, East and West Singhbhum, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega, Lohardaga, Garhwa, Chatra, Latehar and Palamau districts. In the state capital, residents woke up to a power cut