AIPEF seeks PM intervention on Power Min directive on coal imports by states for thermal plants

All India Power Engineers Federation has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to direct the power ministry to withdraw its directions to states to expedite coal imports for thermal power plants.

All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a letter sent to the Prime Minister has stressed that the Ministry of Power must be directed to withdraw its orders and directives to the states/state gencos, forcing them to expedite coal imports that were not required/justified in the wake of the coal ministry’s reply in Parliament on July 25, an AIPEF statement said.