Thursday, 25 October 2012

50 power plants are devoid of coal supply

The government power planning body Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has stated that the power generation capacity of as many as 47 power plants in the country has been severely affected due to acute shortage of coal. About 65,000 MW of generation capacity is held up hostage due to fuel shortage supplied by state run Coal India Limited (CIL). These plants are categorized as stations with critical coal stock position which means it has less than seven days by CEA.
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