Coal mine 10-day stir shrinks NTPC Kaniha generation by 40%

NTPC's 3000 Mw super thermal power station at Kaniha near Talcher suffered a major setback in generation as a 10-day stir at the linked Kaniha open cast coal mines paralyzed supplies.

The agitation by locals over employment, was called off Thursday with production resuming at the mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a Coal India Ltd (CIL) subsidiary. Operations at the mines were offline for 10 days as the disgruntled locals staged a strike under the banner of 'Talcher Surakshya Manch'.

But NTPC's load has dwindled to 1600 Mw as coal supplies from the Kaniha mines reduced to nil during