New Delhi: The National Thermal Power Corporation on Friday responded to the claim of the Delhi government on the shortage of coal and said that all the units of the thermal power station are running at full capacity and receiving regular coal supplies.
The NTPC took to Twitter and said that “Currently Unchahar and Dadri stations are declaring more than 100% rated capacity to the grid. All units of Unchahar and Dadri are running at full load except Unchahar Unit 1, which is under annual planned overhaul.”
The tweet further added that “All 6 Units of Dadri and 5 Units of Unchahar are running at full capacity and receiving regular coal supplies. Present stock is 140000 MT and 95000 MT respectively and import coal supplies are also in (the) pipeline.”
The tweet came in after the Delhi government claimed that there is a shortage of coal stock at the thermal power station.
An emergency meeting was held by Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain at Delhi Secretariat on Thursday regarding the coal shortage. A letter was also written to the Central Government requesting its intervention so as to provide enough coal for the power plants supplying electricity to the national capital.
“At present, there is a shortage of coal in various thermal stations supplying electricity. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)’s Dadri-II and Jhajjar (Aravalli), both power plants were established primarily to meet the power requirement in Delhi. However, there is very little stock of coal left even in these power plants,” Jain said in a statement.