Uttar Pradesh will transport 10 lakh MT of coal to its thermal plants by road in view of difficulties being faced in transporting the fuel by rail, even as public sector thermal plants lost more than 300 million units (MUs) of generation in April due to coal crunch, energy department officials said.
The decision to transport coal to thermal plants by road, to overcome the shortage of rail wagons, was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) chairman M Devraj, who is also chairman of all other energy corporations, including UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL), here on Saturday.
“Since there is shortage of wagons, we have decided to transport 10 lakh MT of coal in next the two-three months to our plants, mainly the Anpara A, B and D thermal plants that are in close proximity to coal mines, by road so that the machines keep running on full steam,” a senior UPRVUNL official said.
