PUNE With Maharashtra facing shortage of coal, Raosaheb Patil Danve, union minister of state for railways, coal and mines, has criticised the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for lack of advanced planning of coal storage, which is leading to electricity shortage in the state. Now, the state is staring at compulsory power cuts as demand is higher than supply.
Danve who was in Jalna on Tuesday said, “The MVA government has no coal storage, and should purchase it from Madhya Pradesh or Gujarat, or wherever there is surplus coal and solve the electricity shortage crisis.”
Maharashtra is facing severe crises and has coal that will generate power for only 17 days. The state has a deficit of 3,000 MW . This shortage has taken the state on the brink of load shedding.
