India Faces Summer Of Misery; Power Crisis Looms In Several States Amidst Heat Wave

Описание: Various states continued to grapple with power shortages on Friday amid soaring mercury pushing the demand higher while opposition parties blamed the Centre for coal shortages at thermal plants. As the heatwave continued to intensify, the country’s peak power demand met touched an all-time high of 207.11 GW on Friday while the railways cancelled 42 passenger trains to facilitate coal freight movement, with South East Central Railway (SECR) division that covers the coal-producing regions cancelling 34 trains.

Aam Adami Party and Congress leaders held the Centre responsible for the ongoing power crisis and alleged that logistical support was not being provided for coal distribution to power plants. The latest data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed that coal stocks at 147 non-pit head plants monitored by it were 24 per cent of the normative level on April 27 and 28. It was 25 per cent of the normative level on April 26.

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