According to news agency ANI, officials of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Ministry of Power and Coal are also present in the meeting.
According to reports, more than half of India’s 135 coal-fired power plants, which supply about 70 per cent of the total electricity supply, have fuel reserves of less than three days.
Globally, energy supply is under pressure as demand and supply chains are affected by rising prices and recovery of consumption after the lockdown to contain the pandemic.
The consumption of 3,900 million units of electricity on 8 October was the highest so far this month (from 1 October to 9 October), which also became a cause of concern among the people running. shortage of coal crisis in the country.
On Saturday, Tata power arm Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (DDL), which operates in North and North West Delhi, had sent a phone message to its consumers saying, “Due to limited coal availability at generating plants across the North, power The supply scenario is between 2. Severe level at 6 pm. Please use electricity judiciously. Be a responsible citizen. Sorry for the inconvenience – Tata Power-DDL.”
However, the coal ministry has assured that there is enough dry fuel available in the country to meet the demand for power generation plants and stressed that any fear of disruption in power supply is “totally false”.
Most of NTPC’s plants in Delhi are running at 55 per cent capacity as their coal stock is sufficient for a day or two.
As a result, NTPC has reduced power supply in the city to half the normal 4000 MW, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said.
Punjab is also facing huge power cuts.
An analysis of daily load dispatch data from central grid regulator POSOCO showed that Jharkhand, Bihar and Rajasthan were the worst affected.
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