New Delhi, 9 October | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the current coal shortage situation, which has hit the national capital for the third consecutive month, affecting power generation in the city.
“The problem continuing since August has affected power generation from major central generating plants supplying electricity to the NCT of Delhi,” the chief minister wrote.
The letter further mentioned, “CERC Tariff Regulations (Regulation 34) mandate the generating station to maintain coal stock of 10 days and 20 days for pithead and non-pithead stations respectively.”
As per the daily coal report of CEA, only one day’s stock is left at NTPC Dadri-II, Jhajhar, and DVC (CTPS) and Singrauli for four days. While the stock of coal in Mejia has run out.
“In this situation, the dependence on gas stations supplying electricity to Delhi increases. However, the gas plants that supply electricity to Delhi do not have enough APM gas to run at full capacity.
PPCL-I and GT stations are facing shortage of APM gas at 1.77 and 1.07 respectively.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader has suggested the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to intervene to ensure that “enough coal can be diverted from other plants to plants like Dadri-II and Jhajjar TPS, which can be supplied to Delhi”. are.
The second suggestion in the letter read, “Plants like Bawana, Pragati-I and GTPS that supply electricity to Delhi may be allotted APM gas. NAPM gas should be supplied in sufficient quantity to the power stations in Delhi.
The CM suggested, “The maximum rate of electricity sold in any slot through the exchange, at present Rs 20 per unit, may be suitably capped to discourage profiteering from the current crisis by traders and generators. “
“These measures are necessary to maintain uninterrupted power supply in Delhi, supplying power to essential services like cold chain for vaccination drives, hospitals, health care centres, COVID care centers etc. besides supplying power to strategic and important installations of national importance. Has been doing.” she added.
India is facing a severe coal shortage which will have a huge impact on power generation. Recently, the problem has started cropping up in the national capital as well and officials say that the city may witness intermittent load shedding in the coming days.
Source: IANS