Government constitutes team to tackle coal crisis
In view of the acute shortage of coal, a Core Management Team (CMT) has been constituted, which is closely monitoring and managing the coal stock every day. The Ministry of Power gave this information on Saturday. The Ministry of Power is ensuring necessary action with Coal India Limited and Railways to improve the supply of coal to power plants.
Coal Ministry gave this assurance
“The Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited have given assurances that they are trying to increase the limit of sending coal to the power sector by 1.6 MT per day in the next 3 days and it will be increased to 1.7 MT per day,” the Ministry of Power said. This is likely to help in the creation of coal reserves in power plants in the near future.
Record high rise in coal price
There has been a record level jump in the price of coal imported from abroad. Due to this the import of coal has come down. This is having an impact on coal-fired power plants.
Danger of power crisis in many states including Delhi
According to sources, due to the shortage of coal, there is a possibility of a big power crisis in many states including Delhi and Punjab. Record rains have occurred in many states of the country this year. Due to which the supply of coal has been interrupted. Due to this, power plants that generate electricity from coal are producing less than half of their capacity.
