Yamunanagar: The power crisis further aggravated in the state today with the closure of unit-8 of the 250-MW super thermal plant, Panipat. The unit-8 was shut down last night following leakage in boiler. Besides this, three units, including one unit of 300 MW of Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant, Yamunanagar, and two units of super thermal plant, Panipat, of 110 MW each, had already been shut down due to technical faults. As a result, power cuts of six to eight hours were today extended to the urban areas also in the state. According to sources, the state has been facing shortage of 110 lakh units with the closure of four units of two major thermal plants of the state. The state has been getting 783 lakh units of power a day from all sources while the consumption in the state has been increased to 893 lakh units per day. The sources further said the state had been purchasing more power from the northern grid in comparison to a fixed quota due to non-functioning of these four units. The state has been withdrawing 398 lakh units against a fixed quota of 211 lakh units from the northern grid. The power shortage in the state had surfaced after 110 MW unit- 3 of the Panipat thermal plant was shut on December 29 last year due to inflow of lubricating oil in turbine. Thereafter, the shortage increased with the closure of unit-2 of 300 MW of Yamunanagar thermal plant on February 22 and unit-1 of 110 MW of super thermal plant Panipat nine days ago, the sources further added.