UP demands adequate coal supply for thermal power plants

Centre has conceded to state demand of categorising the Aligarh-based Harduaganj thermal power plant as 'critical', which would now entitle it to unabated coal supply

Bracing up early for the summer season of 2018, when electricity demand is likely to flank 20,000 megawatts (Mw), the Yogi Adityanath government has urged the Centre to provide adequate supply of coal for the thermal power stations in Uttar Pradesh.

The government is taking preemptive measures to ensure that power generation is not affected owing to the short supply of coal during the summer and monsoon seasons and that the power generation, transmission and distribution rosters work out as planned.

UP has signed the ‘Power for All’ document with the Centre, the electricity demand in the state is touted