Coal shortage and the failure of Railways in providing rakes  

October 14, 2014

While our power plants are slowly cutting down production, imported coal lies at these ports simply because Railways are unable to deliver the rakes. It is time a serious investigation is made as to why Railways are unable to supply the required number of rakes on a daily basis?

AK Ramdas

According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), 60 out of 103 power plants have less than a weeks\' supply of coal and unless Coal India expeditiously moves coal from its stocks, lying in pitheads and elsewhere, to these points, we are most likely to face power outages in the week ahead. In fact, India\'s largest thermal power producer, NTPC, has already shut one of its five units, due to coal shortage, and the situation is precarious, to say the least.

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