Coal India rush coal supplies to Dadri
With coal stock of some power stations in the national capital region falling to an alarming level, Coal India and Railways are rushing coal supplies to Dadri and Badarpur power plants of the NTPC.
A Coal India statement said against the linked requirement of seven rakes to these plants, movement of at least 10 rakes are planned to avert the crisis.
The problem started as the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was forced to commence generation from these two plants all of a sudden with rise in power demand due to heat wave conditions in the country.
The government has also instructed the CIL, Singareni Collieries Co Ltd and Railway to attach top most priority in allocation of rakes for coal movement to power plants till such time the demand from coal-based thermal power plants gets stabilised with the onset of monsoon and increase in hydel and wind power.
These two power stations cater to major share of the power demands of Delhi and NCR.
Based on the demand for power projected by the Delhi government, NTPC had shut the units of Badarpur TPS for long, it said.
One
of
the
unit
of
the
Dadri
TPS
was
also
taken
up
for
maintenance.
Therefore,
coal
against
the
linkage
of
the
shut
down
generation
units
of
Badarpur
and
Dadri
TPS
were
supplied
to
other
plants
of
the
NTPC,
the
statement
said.
"The
crisis
could
have
been
averted
had
Delhi
government
placed
a
proper
power
demand
with
NTPC
with
sufficient
advance
notice,"
the
CIL
release
said.
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain had yesterday said that the coal stock at some power stations in the national capital region has dipped to an "alarming" level and if it is not replenished at the earliest, Delhi could be staring at "black-out" situations.
Jain had said that he has already written to Coal and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal apprising him about the situation and sought his intervention into the matter.