Power stations, states ask Coal India to stop supply
Coal availability in the country, when there is muted power demand growth has resulted in a situation with plants requesting Coal India Limited (CIL) to stop further supply. Close to a dozen power plants across UP, Maharashtra and West Bengal have written to CIL and its subsidiaries, citing reasons like high stock at sites and backing down of power demand by host states. In Maharashtra, there is double trouble, with water scarcity forcing the GMR group to shut down generation and seek diversion of coal to its other units. GMR’s EMCO plant in the state shut down in April due to lack of water supply. The plant has written to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to allocate water, as “it will have a major impact on the power g.....