INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Coal Ministry has said that fears of power disruptions in the country are misplacedAmid rising possibilities of several parts of the country
facing power blackouts due to acute shortage of coal supplies to many states, the government on Sunday assured that ample dry fuel stocks
"unnecessary panic" was created about shortage of coal and all requirements of power distribution companies will be met
Despite this, if any distribution company indulges in load shedding in violation of the power purchase agreement, then action will be taken
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m=home-TheIndianSubcontinent_bigstory)Attempting to allay the fears of many states which are left with a couple of days stock of dry fuel,
The coal stock at power plant end is about 72 lakh tonnes, sufficient for four-days requirement, and at the Coal India Limited (CIL) end is
tonnes, while daily coal supply has been to the tune of 17 lakh tonnes, the ministry said, adding that due to prolonged monsoon, the
supplies to plants were affected, however the coal available with power plants is a rolling stock, which means it gets replenished on a
prolonged rains, due to which coal bearing areas got affected, CIL managed to supply more than 255 million tonnes of dry fuel to the power
coal supply from CIL to power sector is more than 14 lakh tonnes per day and with the receding rains, this supply has already increased to
15 lakh tonnes and it is set to increase to more than 16 lakh tonnes per day by the end of October 2021, the ministry claimed.Meanwhile the
Power Ministry also allayed fears of outages, saying that four days of coal reserves are available with the country at present.Several
In fact Punjab has already imposed rotational load shedding at several places.Power Minister R K Singh today reviewed the coal stock
position in various thermal plants, including those which supply power to distribution companies in the national capital, official sources
said.The minister directed that distribution companies of Delhi will get as much power as has been requisitioned by them as per their
requirements of all distribution companies, including those of Delhi
supply, then action would be taken against it.
