Centre assures ‘enough’ power supply to Delhi amid coal shortage

The central government on Saturday has assured “enough” power supply to the national capital amid the coal shortage in the country. Union power minister RK Singh, after reviewing the coal stock position at thermal power plants, directed that the distribution companies of Delhi will get “as much as power as requisitioned by them” according to the demand.

“The minister has directed that the distribution companies of Delhi will get as much power as requisitioned by them as per their demand,” the ministry of power said in a statement.

This comes as Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal raised the issue of coal shortage again on Saturday. Stating that the electricity supply in the national capital is being supplied by the Delhi government itself, the chief minister said that the power outages are being faced due to “coal shortage”.