The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the central government to compensate states, including Punjab and Haryana, that have been forced to import coal in the absence of adequate domestic supply of dry fuel for thermal plants.
“In absence of this financial help, financial condition of the utilities will deteriorate further,” an AIPEF statement said.
AIPEF spokesperson VK Gupta said the federation has written a letter to Union Power Minister RK Singh stating that forcing states to import coal to bridge the supply-demand gap, “created through sheer mismanagement and lack of anticipation and planning is not appreciable”.
