The Telangana government has strongly resisted the latest order from the Centre on the mandatory import of 10 per cent of its coal requirements for thermal power generation, an official aware of the developments said on Friday.
A senior official of the Telangana energy department said on condition of anonymity that state special chief secretary (energy), Sunil Sharma, had written to the Centre sometime last week stating that the state government won’t go in for import of coal from foreign suppliers as it was financially and practically not viable for the state.
The special chief secretary was referring to a missive from the Union ministry of power on May 18 to all the states that the thermal power stations run by them would have to import 10 per cent of their coal requirements from foreign suppliers, to overcome coal shortage in the country, the above-cited official said.
