Four thermal power units in Rajasthan are shut and the rest have 3-4 days of stock left of coal as the Rajasthan Vidhyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (power generation firm) has run out of money to pay for coal.
Two thermal units of Kalisindh (Jhalawar) of 600×2 MW, 250MW of Giral (Barmer) and 1500MW of Suratgarh Thermal Power Station in Sriganganagar are shut for the last 10 days. One unit of Kalisindh was expected to start on Sunday.
A department official on condition of anonymity said most of the power plants of the state have coal for 2-4 days. With dues of coal firms pending, the supply was stopped resulting in the shutting down of some thermal plants.
