National Thermal Power Corporation's Generation Grows 23%, Says Geared Approximately Meet Growing Demand

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
National Thermal Power Corporation has said it is fully geared to meet growing demandNational Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has said that
previous year.The state-owned entity's statement has come at a time when there has been a steep rise in power demand.To address the
demand, NTPC has said that generation capacity from its group stations has recorded a 23 per cent growth
Under its flexible utilisation of its coal policy, the company is arranging coal supply for those stations where the stocks have reached
diverting rakes wherever required.Also NTPC is increasing coal production from all of its captive mines and is also requesting the states to
schedule offtake from the gas stations