With a 2000 mw shortfall during peak hours, UP in power crisis
The state power corporation could only generate and import power upto 26000 mw against the peak-hour demand of 28000 mw.
The state power corporation could only generate and import power upto 26000 mw against the peak-hour demand of 28000 mw.
While the Odisha government on Saturday confirmed adequate coal supply to power plant in the state, neightbouring Bihar boasted of meeting 5.5 to 6,000 megawatt power demand during rush hours every day.
North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd's usage is slightly lower than SBPDCL's because the latter used to serve important cities such as Patna, Gaya, and Bhagalpur.
With the nation reeling under power crisis across the country, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the Government of India should ensure the availability of sufficient amounts of coal with the power plants in the country.
Amid the heatwave conditions, several states in the country were today grappling with power crisis due to the shortage of coal in the thermal power stations, even as the Centre asserted that there is no shortage of coal in the country.
According to a Nomura report, the coal stock position at the Central Election Authority (CEA) supervised 173 power plants stood at 21.93 million tonnes (MT), which is less than the regulatory requirement of 66.32 MT as of April 21.
Requesting Prime Minister’s personal intervention, Stalin said that the current daily receipt of coal for Tamil Nadu units is only 50,000 MTs, against the coal requirement of 72,000 MTs.
Jain asserted that there was "a power crisis in the country". The Centre can start working on finding a solution to it only when it accepts the reality.
About eleven and a half rakes have to be provided daily from Coal India to Rajasthan whereas at present only five rakes are being dispatched
Sisodia drew a parallel between the feared power crisis due to an acute coal shortage today and the oxygen shortage during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in April-May this year when the Centre's "indifferent" attitude led to many lives being lost.
