India has enough coal reserves to meet demands for more than 30 days and there is no need to panic. The NNI news agency gave this information citing government sources. Sources said that Coal India Limited has a stockpile of 72.5 million tonnes (mt) of coal.
India has an average coal reserve of 22 million tonnes in power stations and an average of 2.1 million tonnes of coal is replaced by power stations every day. According to some sources, therefore, there will be no shortage of coal in the country.
In power plants According to the sources, there is still a 10-day stockpile in power plants in India and more than 30-day coal reserves in the country. According to ANI, another senior official said there was no shortage of coal, especially in Maharashtra. The government has ordered states to review PPAs with power stations and Maharashtra is already reviewing it.
With the arrival of summer and the recovery of the economy, the demand for energy has increased. In April itself, coal production increased by 20 to 22%. The Ministry of Railways has also increased the availability of rakes by 20%.
AIPEF had expressed the possibility of an energy crisis.
Earlier, the Indian Federation of Electrical Engineers (AIPEF) had expressed the possibility of an electricity crisis in the coming times due to the lack of adequate supply of coal in coal-fired power plants across the country. .
In a statement on Tuesday, AIPEF said that with the increase in heat, demand for electricity has increased in most states of the country, but coal-fired power plants are not receiving the amount of coal required. For this reason, many states are struggling to close the gap between electricity demand and supply.
Federation spokesman VK Gupta said the country could face an energy crisis if an adequate supply of coal is not ensured to thermal power plants.
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