State-owned CIL had requested Mahagenco, which supplies power to Maharashtra, to augment the lifting of coal in order to build up fuel stocks at various thermal power stations (TPS) before the start of monsoon.
There are reports that Maharashtra is facing shortage of electricity due to paucity of coal.
“It is requested to kindly augment lifting of coal in order to build up coal stocks at various TPS of Mahagenco before monsoon advances,” CIL arm Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) had said in a letter dated June 22 to Mahagenco, seen by PTI.
