Ensure 72,000 MT coal is transported to Tamil Nadu: Stalin to Modi

As unannounced power cuts over the past two days irked people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for his intervention in ensuring the supply of 72,000 MT coal per day to the state as per the FSA (Fuel Supply Agreement) at Paradip and Vishakhapatnam ports.

Stalin said he was informed that the coal production was sufficient to meet the increasing demand in summer, but there is a problem in the coal getting transported to different parts of the country due to the short supply of rakes by Indian Railways.

“This, in turn, has resulted in the coal stocks of our state’s generation plants reaching critical levels.