Coal shortage may hit power generation
The All-India Power Engineers Federation said that thermal power generation was likely to be affected due to coal shortage as had happened in October last year.
The power demand in Uttar Pradesh has reached 21,000 megawatt and the supply is around 19,000 MW to 20,000 MW.
Though there is no serious coal crisis in thermal power plants operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, their reserve stock is only 26 per cent of the standard norm. The situation is likely to turn difficult with the increase in the demand for electricity with the rise in mercury level.
