Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Saturday said there was enough coal for supply to power plants and alleged that the Maharashtra government was busy blaming the Centre instead of providing electricity to citizens.
Speaking on the sidelines to media persons during his visit to Pune railway headquarters, Danve blamed the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government for creating a power crisis. “Despite the state owing ₹3,000 crore coal dues for past three years, the Centre had not stopped coal supply. The state government should have kept an arrangement in place knowing that current supply would last only 15 days. It is the state government which is responsible for mismanagement and the present power crisis across Maharashtra and conveniently blaming the centre ,” he said.
Amidst load shedding issues in Maharashtra, state Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that the state government has decided to import coal from outside the country and also said that efforts are underway to get one coal mine in Chhattisgarh allocated to Maharashtra’s power department.
