Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Chairman and Managing Director N Sridhar on Wednesday asked officials concerned to take necessary steps to supply coal to thermal power stations in five States. At a review meeting here, he instructed officials to take precautionary measures so that coal transport should not be affected in spite of heavy […]
On October 6, a shortage of coal in India was reported – only 4 days’ worth of coal reserves was remaining. More than half the power stations in India were on the alert for outages. At this rate, India would face a major power shortage that could potentially render the Covid-affected Indian economy completely destroyed. […]
We also direct the Secretaries, Ministries of Power and Coal, Government of India, in coordination with such other Departments/Institutions as may be necessary, to undertake safety audit of similarly placed thermal power stations