Thermal Plants Coal Stock Back To Normal Levels: Report

Central Electricity Authority said that plants with less than four days of coal have come down to 58 as on October 18 compared to 69 from a week ago.

Days after several states reported depleting coal supplies at power stations leading to a crisis-like situation, the government has stated that dry fuel stock situation at thermal projects has improved.

According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) data, the number of projects having less than four days of coal has come down to 58 as on October 18 compared to 69 from a week ago.

Earlier this month, more than six states including Gujarat and Punjab had told the Centre that several of their power plants were left with just four days of coal, which could lead to outages.

This had forced the government to take stock of supplies and availability of dry fuel with State-owned Coal India Limited, which is also the largest producer and supplier of the commodity in the country.