The power crisis is back to haunt the metropolis again due to coal shortage remaining the core problem for the power plants operational in the state.
"Due to shortage of coal, generation of about 100 MW is being hampered at the two power stations of Titagarh and Cossipore," a CESC spokesperson said.
"We are not receiving adequate coal though coal companies are slowly improving their supply. However, due to lack of rakes coal is not reaching power plants," West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd managing director S Mahapatra told PTI here. Mahapatra said unless the Railways increased rakes, the power situation might worsen.
At noon, the shortfall under the CESC command area was 85 MW which was likely to increase during the peak evening hours.
There was also loadshedding in the districts under the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd. Power generation has been hit mainly in Sagardighi, Bandel and Bakreshwar totalling about 600-650 MW.