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13 Oct 2021, 00:57 GMT+10
By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The Centre is all geared up to meet the demand of coal by States and power companies and Railways. The government is ramping up its per day coal production from 1.94 million to 2 million tonnes within a week.
Government sources told ANI, "There is no shortage in daily supply of coal to States and power companies and we are maintaining 5 days stock, in a month's time the situation will be back to normal.""There are multiple reasons for the current scenario. Since January, the Coal Ministry has been writing to various States to pick up and stock coal in their respective states but no one paid heed. Coal India can stock up to a limit, if we stock more coal than limit there is a risk of fire," sources added.
Rajasthan, West Bengal and Jharkhand have their own mines but they did little to extract coal. It is learnt that despite clearances, some of the state governments sat on decision and gave Covid and rains as reasons for not doing enough mining. Prolonged monsoon affected the mining and the shooting prices of imported coal also contributed to the current situation.
There is a 12 per cent fall in imports of foreign coal which power companies blend to cut losses. Due to high prices, they also shifted to domestic coal.
States have huge pending dues of Coal India on them. It is learnt from sources that Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are big defaulters. All States have dues of Rs 20,000 crore to be paid to Coal India.
Government sources said despite large sums of dues, supply continues and we will continue to provide power and coal supplies.
Electrification of villages and industrialisation have also shot up the demand. Government source told ANI that Delhi and Punjab shut coal plants like in Ropar and Bhatinda. (ANI)Get a daily dose of Tennis Times news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
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