The thermal power station in Farakka was shut down today after the National Thermal Power Corporation decided to stop the power supply to West Bengal and the Damodar Valley Corporation. A senior state Power Department official said, "Supply was cut off since noon today, resulting in the closure of the power station". Howevere , the state did not experience the expected power shortage, as the fifth unit of the West Bengal Power Development Corporation's Kalaghat station became operational from today.