Indian power plants facing acute shortage of thermal coal

More than half of India’s power plants are facing shortage in coal with less than seven days of stocks. The ministry of power, said in a letter to the coal ministry, that 52 out of the 90 power stations in the country continue to be in a critical stock state and hence need special attention. The power ministry have already wrote letters have been written to Coal India Ltd and the coal ministry without significant improvement. According to the letter, the poor supplies were due to lack of

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