Claim / With the demand for electricity in Maharashtra, coal supply also increased, only one-fourth of the stock left in UP

There has been a crisis in many states of the country regarding the supply of coal. There has also been a lot of politics about this. At the same time, the Central Government informed on Saturday that Maharashtra has received more coal from the Center this month than last month. With the increase in the demand for electricity, the supply has also increased. At the same time, there is a possibility of deepening power crisis in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh. AIPEF has warned the government not to repeat the mistake like 2021.

No serious coal crisis in Maharashtra

Regarding Maharashtra, the Coal Ministry said that there may be issues of gas based generation and generation from hydroelectric power, but there is no serious problem of coal.

The ministry issued a statement saying that last month, 2.14 lakh tonnes of coal was supplied to power plants in Maharashtra every day. This has been increased to 2.76 lakh tonnes per day this month (till April 11). A day earlier, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole had claimed that the power crisis in the state was due to short supply of coal from the Centre.

As you can see, Maharashtra is getting more coal daily in April than last month, the ministry said. Till now they are meeting their coal requirement apart from augmenting the stock.

Only a quarter of the stock of coal left

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the government to ensure stock of coal as per the requirement in the power stations. The federation has warned that the mistake like September-October 2021 should not be repeated.

AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey said here on Saturday that the shortage of coal stock in thermal power plants could deepen the power crisis in the state as well. Only one-fourth of the coal stock is left in the state as compared to the requirement.

Dubey says that due to the short-sightedness of the management, the units of Parichha power station had to be closed in September-October last year due to non-payment of only a few crore rupees.