Five IAS officers deployed to review Yadadri plant operations

BRS MLC Dasoju Sravan demanded Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s resignation over Telangana’s power crisis. He sought a probe into alleged coal irregularities at Singareni, compensation for farmers with burnt-out motors and answers from the government at an all-party meeting.

Hyderabad: The Telangana government deputed five IAS officers to review coal handling and power generation at the Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) from October 15 to 30, amid concerns over power generation shortfalls and disruptions in supply. The power plant which was launched by the K Chandrashekhar Rao government has gained significance as power crisis deepened.

In orders issued on Thursday, Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju said the officers would camp at the plant in separate shifts to examine the functioning of all four generating units and coal-handling systems, identify operational bottlenecks and determine the reasons for any interruption or loss of generation.

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Chevvuru Hari Kiran, Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, will conduct the review from October 15 to 17, followed by Venkatesh Dhotre, Special Secretary to Government, Education Department from October 18 to 19. Rahul Raj PS, Special Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, will be at the plant from October 22 to 24. Zendage Hanumant Kondiba, CEO of the Arogyasri Health Care Trust, will review operations from October 25 to 27, while Killu Sivakumar Naidu, Commissioner, R&R and LA, I&CAD, will take charge from October 28 to 30.

The officers have been instructed to follow standard operating procedures and examine coal movement, feeding systems, equipment performance, pending works and coal rake unloading turnaround times. They will assess the plant’s designed coal-handling capacity against actual coal flow, verify the grade of coal received and compare power generation with the expected output for that grade. They were asked to establish whether coal was being supplied at required levels to all four units and record reasons for any shortfall among others.

The exercise is aimed at identifying whether generation losses stem from coal supply and handling constraints, equipment problems, pending works or unit-level operational deficiencies.