The Government today said that it
has stepped up the supplies of coal to power firms to overcome the crisis of
load-shedding.
The ministry swung into action
after electricity supply was badly hit in some parts, including North India.
“The coal dispatch has now
increased to 180 rakes. Out of which 149 rakes have been supplied to power
sector,” the coal ministry said in a statement.
Many states including Delhi,
Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal, have seen power cuts for long hours in
the past few days.
A slew of factors, including
floods in Orissa and Telangana agitation, have hit coal supplies to power
units.
At present, over 40 thermal power
stations have coal stocks sufficient to meet demand for less than a week. As
many as 29 projects have less than four days of coal reserves.
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