The power and the coal ministry have said that the coal supplies to the power plants may not face a crunch this monsoon season with power plants building up inventories. However, at 91 out of country’s total 173 thermal power stations, coal stocks are in a critical situation.Of these 91 plants, 8 are non-operational and another 8 are dependent on imported coal. Coal imports have not yet picked up to the extent required to create inventory of half the normative level for the imported coal-based units.
