BHUBANESWAR: While the State is facing power crisis due to poor hydro situation in the reservoirs, breakdown of three thermal power units of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has further deepened the crisis. Two units of 500 MW each of the Talcher Super Thermal Power Station (TSTPS) at Kaniha went out of the State grid due to technical reasons. As if it was not enough, one unit (60 MW) of the Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS), a subsidiary of the NTPC but fully dedicated to the State, was shut down due to technical snag. The State has to face a net loss of 360 MW. The Central allocation scheduled for the day was 684 MW, including the share from the Kaniha and Talcher thermal power plants of the NTPC. The availability from the central pool was about 500 MW in view of the problems in the three units. However, the State could manage the power demand by overdrawing energy from the eastern region grid. This was possible because of the good frequency level in the grid. While the newly commissioned power plant of the Sterlite Energy, a subsidiary of the Vedanta Group, is in limbo, the captive generating plants (CGPs) of Vedanta Aluminium continue to supply less power than their capacity. The Vedanta CGPs were supplying 90 MW as against their capacity of 350 MW. However, Jindal Steel came to the rescue of the State by providing about 160 MW from its CGPs having generating capacity of 250 MW. The hydro power stations come handy to manage the crisis situation in the evening peak when the power demand was above 3,000 MW. This is despite the not so impressive water level in the reservoirs. Although the south-western districts are covered under cloud with intermittent rains, there is no significant improvement in the reservoir level. While Upper Kolab reservoir was up by 0.09 ft, it was 0.15 ft in Upper Indravati, official sources said. A heavy shower in the upper catchments of the Kolab, Indravati, Machkund and Hirakud is highly essential. However, water level position of Hirakud reservoir is comparatively better than last year.