Why shadow coal crisis in the country, power engineers’ organization told this reason
New Delhi: The lack of coordination between the Railways and the Ministry of Power has led to a coal shortage in the country. This claim was made by the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), an organization of power engineers, on Friday. AIPEF said in a statement, “The reason for the power cuts across the country due to the Coal Crisis is the lack of coordination between the Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Power. Every ministry is claiming that they are not responsible for the current mess in the power sector.
AIPEF spokesperson VK Gupta said that now they (Ministries of the Central Government) have given another stand to the issue and linked it to the inability of the state coal companies to make timely payments. According to the statement, the Central Electricity Authority monitors 173 thermal power stations across the country. According to the Daily Coal Report on April 7, fuel stockpiles in 106 of these power stations have reached critical levels.
With the rise in heat, the demand for electricity increased
The organization said that out of 150 thermal power stations that use domestic coal, the coal situation in 86 power plants has reached critical level. Whereas a week ago this number was 81. The demand for electricity, or the highest in a single day, at the all-India level, reached a record high of 204.65 GW on Thursday. With the mercury rising in most parts of the country, the demand for electricity has increased. Earlier on Tuesday, electricity demand had reached a record level of 201.06 GW. It broke the previous year’s record of 200.53 GW.
70 percent of the electricity in the country is produced from coal
The total power shortage in the country has reached 623 million units. This figure is more than the total power shortage in March. At the heart of this crisis is the shortage of coal. Coal produces 70 percent of the electricity in the country.
