Minister says ‘one day’ coal stock left in plants supplying power to Delhi

Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday held a meeting with the representatives of power distribution companies (discoms) in Delhi to discuss “power crisis” in the national capital and said that there is only one-day stock of coal left in the thermal power station from where Delhi gets electricity.

Speaking to ANI after meeting, Jain said, “There is an acute shortage of coal in coal-fired power plants across the country. There is only one day’s stock left in the plants from which Delhi gets electricity, there is no coal at all.”

Appealing to the Centre to transport coal to the national capital, the Delhi Power Minister said, “There is an appeal to the central government to transport coal soon using railway wagons.”