Coal shortage in most of Delhi’s power plants, only two-three days’ stock left: Power Minister Satyendar Jain
A day after Union Power Minister RK Singh ruled out any power crisis in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has claimed that most of the power plants in the national capital are facing coal shortage and the stock is only Left for 2-3. Day.
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said that NTPC has limited the generation capacity of its plants to 55 per cent. “Earlier we used to get 4000 MW of power, but now we are not getting even half of that,” he said.
“Most of the power plants are short of coal. The stock is left for only 2-3 days. NTPC has limited the generation capacity of its plants to 55%. Earlier we used to get 4000 MW of power but now we are not even getting it. Half of that has been,” Delhi’s Power Minister, Satyendar Jain told ANI.
Earlier on Sunday, RK Singh had assured that Delhi would not face any energy crisis as sufficient fuel was being provided to the power plants that supply the national capital. He made the remarks after reviewing the coal stock position in all thermal power plants supplying power to Delhi distribution companies.
After the assurance, the city government said that if the coal supply does not improve, there will be a blackout in Delhi in two days.
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