New Delhi
Amid the power crisis in the national capital, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday urged the Centre to ensure the availability of coal by getting the train racks repaired for smoother and timely transportation of coal to the power generating plants.
He further said that the power plants in Delhi cannot function with the coal backup of one day.
Addressing a press conference, Jain told that the country is facing a severe power crisis due to a lack of coal availability, as there is no backup available with power plants for this.
“In normal circumstances, (for smooth supply of energy) coal should be available with the power generating plants as a backup for 21 days. However, today there are many plants in the country that do not have a backup of coal even for a day,” Jain said.
Adding further, he said that the current peak for power demand in Delhi is 6,000 MW.
On being asked about arrangements for power supply in hospitals, the power minister said, “We will look at how and where to adjust it, but I would urge the government to get these tracks fixed so that the coal can be transported easily, which is a better solution”.
“There is no payment pending from the Delhi government. It can be possible that the states- Haryana and Uttar Pradesh- have not made their payments,” he added.
He also mentioned that instead of an increase in the number of train tracks, it has significantly reduced upto 10 per cent. “Earlier there were 450 train racks but now it is 405,” he said..
