Ghaziabad, Aug 4 - The power scenario has worsened in Ghaziabad with city areas facing outages of up to 16 hours, while low voltage prevents alternatives like inverters from being recharged and providing respite to the residents.

Besides, outages of 18 to 22 hours are reported from semi-urban zones and industries in the district have been asked not to operate between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Posh residential areas like Kaushambi, Vaishali, Raj Nagar, Kavi Nagar, Chiranjeev Vihar and Gandhi Nagar are going powerless the whole night long.

'Inverters have failed due to insufficient power and intense power fluctuations, with the supply around 100 volts while the minimum requirement is 220 volts,' complained Major (retd) Vishamber Singh, a resident of Govindpuram.

'We have to be without power throughout since our inverters are not operating due to insufficient power to charge the batteries,' said Rajiv Bhalla of the Kaushambi residents welfare association.

Power supply to district industries is also being cut for 7-9 hours in the night from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. The industries have been 'officially' asked to remain closed during this time.