Many large power plants in the country are running behind their maintenance schedules as they were facing manpower shortages in FY21 due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The requirement for continuous power supply in the critical lockdown periods also did not allow many of the plants to go offline to undertake maintenance activities. According to data collected by the industry, only 30,400 mega-watt (MW) of thermal power plants executed planned maintenance activities in FY21, compared to 1,06,022 MW in FY20.
