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Amid blackout concerns, coal shortage fears, Centre’s assurance: 10 points

October 10, 2021
Bharat Times

In India, 65 to 70 percent of the electricity demand is met from coal-fired power plants.

New Delhi:
The acute shortage of coal affecting power plants will be controlled in the next few days, the Center said, adding that several states, including Delhi, raised concerns over the impending blackout. The Center said the shortfall is due to the rise in global coal prices.

Here are the top 10 updates to this big story:

  1. Several states including Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Tamil Nadu have expressed concern over the blackout. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has warned that the national capitalmay face blackout“In the next two days if the supply of coal to power plants does not improve.

  2. Due to acute shortage of coal in thermal power plants, Punjab has already imposed rotational load shedding at many places. An official of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited was quoted by news agency Press Trust of India as saying that there is coal stock left in the plants for five days.

  3. a “Unnecessary panic created over coal shortage” And this is due to miscommunication from GAIL and Tata, Union Power Minister RK Singh said today. He said that the country has a reserve of four days. “We have enough power available… We are supplying electricity to the entire country. Whoever wants, give me a demand and I will supply them,” the minister said.

  4. Supply, he said, drops regularly during monsoons as mines flood, but demand remains high, especially with a growing economy. In October, as demand eases, stocks will start rising again. “Earlier, we used to have 17 days’ coal stock from November to June,” he said.

  5. On Saturday, Union Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi had said the rise in international coal prices and heavy rains contributed to its shortage in the country this year. “If you compare with the last several years, the production and dispatch of coal has been the highest in September and especially in October. Things will be fine in the next three to four days,” Joshi was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

  6. An inter-ministerial sub-group headed by the Coal Ministry is monitoring the coal stock position twice a week, it said in a statement on Saturday. The ministry has assured that they are trying to send 1.6 MT of coal a day over the next three days and will try to reach 1.7 MT a day.

  7. government listed Four reasons for the decrease in coal reserves In power plants – unprecedented increase in demand for electricity due to the revival of the economy, heavy rains in coal mine areas, increase in the price of imported coal and legacy issues such as huge dues of coal companies in some states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

  8. Chhattisgarh has said that To try So that there is no shortage of supply in the state. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, “Our officers are making constant efforts to maintain the supply of coal in the state. Officials are monitoring the situation. Efforts are being made to ensure that there is no shortfall in supply.”

  9. In the south, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has sought the “immediate personal attention” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing the situation as “quite alarming”. “The power sector is being pushed into turmoil due to shortage of coal,” the chief minister said.

  10. The shortage in India – the world’s second largest coal consumer – follows widespread outages in neighboring China, which has closed factories due to the crisis.

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