Amid the rising concerns about the shortage in coal supply and power disruptions, Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday assured that there would be no shortage of coal for electricity production and said that two million tonnes of coal were supplied on the day, which he claimed was higher than the daily demand.
“As far as the requirement is concerned, the power ministry had put forth the demand for supply of 1.9 million tonnes (for power generation units) and after October 20, two million tonnes. Today only, we have supplied two million tonnes and rest of the things I will discuss after the review (of mines),” news agency PTI quoted Joshi as saying.
