A day after both the Union ministries of coal and power denied any energy shortage in the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting with Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi and Power Minister R K Singh and officials of the ministries concerned.
TV footage indicated executives of India’s largest, state-owned power generator NTPC were there in the meeting.
Though there was no official statement from the government till late evening, people in the know said the meeting took stock of the coal situation as several states raised an alarm over the shortfall and an impending electricity supply crisis.
