"Quite Alarming": Andhra Chief Minister To PM Modi Over Fears Of Power Crisis
NDTV
In a letter to PM Modi, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy asked him to direct the Coal Ministry and the Railways to allot 20 coal rakes to thermal power stations in Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "urgent personal attention" to monitor the power generation scenario and take appropriate remedial measures to tide over the crisis in view of the non-availability of coal stocks.
Given the state's precarious financial situation, it was not able to purchase required power from the open market as the purchase prices have also shot up with growing demand.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister asked PM Modi to direct the Coal Ministry and the Railways to allot 20 coal rakes to thermal power stations in Andhra Pradesh. He also sought revival of stranded and non-working pit head coal plants on an emergency basis regardless of the ongoing proceedings before the National Companies Law Tribunal.
Deep-water well gas available with ONGC and Reliance could be supplied on an emergency basis to the 2,300 MW non-working gas-based power plants in the state, he said.
