A 500 megawatt coal-fired unit of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL) has broken down on the eve of Dussehra, compounding problems for the state where thermal plants are reportedly facing fuel shortage, a senior official said on Friday. A plant with an installed capacity of 500 MW tripped at Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station in Umaria following tube leakage late Thursday night, MPPGCL managing director Manjeet Singh told PTI.
He said shortage of coal had hit around 1000 MW of thermal power production in MP, though he added that 10 rakes of coal per day were coming into the state for its thermal power stations now, less than the ideal 15 rakes, but better than the seven rakes till a couple of days ago.
