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Power plants facing coal shortage : Report
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- As per the official data, the power sector seems to be facing coal shortage again as 46 coalfired power plants reported stocks of less than a week.
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- As on February 22, 2018, out of 113 power plants monitored by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), six plants have coal stocks for zero day and eight plants have stocks of just one day to generate electricity .
- The coal supplies have not improved since the monsoon season last year when some of the coalfired power plants had faced acute shortage.
- The CEA report stated that there are 12 non-pithead power plants have coal stocks for less than four days.
- There are six such plants that have coal stock of less than seven days. Of these 46 plants with stocks of less than a week, Badarpur, Bhatinda and Panki plants are shut down.
Source
The Hindu.