Telangana officials say power outage has no link with coal crisis

HYDERABAD: Power outages are back to haunt residents of Telangana, though unofficially. Most parts of the States have been reporting intermittent outages; the problems are widespread in the rural areas where farmers get 24×7 free power. However, TS GENCO officials deny that the power outages have anything to do with the coal shortage that has affected generation in many thermal power plants across India. “Telangana is well placed as far as the coal supply is concerned. We are mandated to have a 21-day buffer stock of coal, and I can safely say that as of today, every single plant has a buffer stock of at least two weeks, if not more,” said a senior TS GENCO official, on condition of anonymity.