Power crisis: Railway data say 498 rakes made available daily, only 417 being utilised by coal cosThe Railways said that on an average it has put into service 26,386 wagons on a daily basis this year so far for coal rakes, against 21,824...
'Modi hai, mumkin hai': Chidambaram jeers Centre over power outagesAs a heatwave continued, the country's peak power demand touched an all-time high of 207.11 GW on Friday and the railways cancelled 42 pass...
Passenger trains cancelled to rush in coal rakesThe Railways has cancelled 13 pairs of express and 8 pairs of passenger trains. In all, 753 trips stand cancelled across South East Central...
Aluminium players say captive power plants facing alarmingly depleted coal stock, seeks govt helpSeeking the government's intervention, the Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has said the sector's captive power plants are facing "alar...
Non-power consumers facing coal crunch: ICPPAThe non-power sectors are getting coal less than 20% of their quota while paying 20% higher price over the notified coal price. The differe...
FIMI tells PMO coal crisis still prevails for non-power consumersA CIL official said the company has supplied 81.22 million tonnes of coal during April-November to non-power sector against a despatch of 7...
Coal shortage: Railways ramps up coal rakes to augment supply to powerhousesAccording to the data, out of the 378 rakes which were ferrying coal on October 1, 280 were sent to powerhouses, however, by Friday (Octobe...
Captive plants ask railways to halt coal rakes during lockdownIndia’s captive generation capacity is about 50 GW, mainly in industries such base metals, chemicals, textiles, cement and paper. Shutdowns...
4,300 trains await supply from Coal India Ltd to non-power consumersThe estimated value of this coal is at least Rs 2,200 crore and a portion of this has been already deposited in advance with CIL, said one ...
L&T Group's Nabha Power shuts 700 MW unit due to coal shortageNPL has been facing coal crisis since last year forcing it to operate the plant at critical levels of coal stocks, that is, less than 7 day...
Coal India urges government to help recover duesThe requirement of power companies for 2018-19 is estimated at 288 rakes per day. Of this 244 rakes would have to be from Coal India siding...
CIL in talks with railways to hike rake loadingAt present, the state-run monopoly has been focusing on supplying coal to the power sector, which is struggling with dwindling stocks and f...
- Dispatch of coal to power firms a priority: Govt to coal miners
Government has advised coal companies to ensure priority movement of the dry fuel to power stations to improve generation.
- 30 thermal power plants including NTPC and Reliance Power have coal stock for just four days
Coal stocks at India's thermal power plants are critically low on the eve of Diwali, and will not improve unless coal supplies are stepped ...
- Coal ministry constantly monitoring supply to power projects
The coal ministry said a total of 181 coal rakes were dispatched to consumers on Monday, of which 147 rakes went to the power sector.
- Coal Ministry steps up coal supply to power firms
Amid coal shortages hitting power generation, govt today said it had stepped up the supplies to power firms to overcome the crisis of load-...
- Government increases coal supply to northern power stations
The government on Tuesday increased coal supply to power projects in northern states that were operating at less capacity due to fuel short...