Officers were asked to keep bats away from electricity lines and insulate them | Photo from REUTERS

Officers in the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh have put the blame on bats saying they are the reason behind electricity crisis in the state.

The state is reeling under frequent power cuts and according to MP government, it's because of the bats.

First, the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh put the blame on faulty transformers saying the Shivraj government bought them, now the Kamal Nath government is saying it's the bats.

Madhya Pradesh is also reeling under soaring temperatures. The power cuts come as a double whammy for the people in Madhya Pradesh.

When Kamal Nath government's energy minister Priyavrat Singh met the officials of the power department, the electricity officers argued that the bats hang upside down on the electricity wires, due to which the wires stick together causing power cuts.

The argument was even published in an official press note.

Talking to Aaj Tak, minister Priyavrat Singh said that when he was meeting the officers of the power department in the area, the officers told him that the bats in old Bhopal live in large numbers, and that triggers fault in electricity lines.

As the energy minister, he has asked the officers to keep the bats away from electricity lines and at the same time take care of the environment.

He asked the officers to consider the installation of ultrasonic devices but also reduce the load on the transformer before insulating the wires.

Talking to Aaj Tak, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "First they say Shivraj government bought faulty transformer and now they are saying it's bats. They have lost their mental balance."