PATIALA: In the midst of the ongoing coal crisis, Punjab, on Saturday, witnessed a scheduled and unscheduled power outage in all major cities such as Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Patiala and rural areas.
The power crisis also forced Punjab State Power Corporation to attract around 1800 MW of external power at a cost of Rs 13 per unit around.
Resources in the electricity sector reveal that the power cuts of three-four hours are imposed on domestic consumers in Punjab because the gap between demand and power supply cannot be fulfilled after several units of private power and plants managed by the government are stopped from the power producer.
One Unit Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) stopped making on Friday night due to technical errors.
Two units of thermal plants managed by the government in Ropar and one unit in, are also faced with shutdown.
“We have to force around two hours of power cuts in urban and rural areas because of the coal crisis.
We have to buy around 1800 MW of power from outside sources at a higher cost of Rs 13 per unit,” said Sweet Chair of Managing Director of PSPCL, Parsad Venu.
On Friday, PSPCL had bought 131 lakh units at RS13.52 per unit.
Power demand in Punjab is around 1900 lakh units and there is a shortage of at least 90 lakh units.
Northern countries face power shortages due to reduced coal stock in thermal factories.
The market is claimed that the two Lehra Mohabbat and the thermal plants Ropar has a stock of coal of 4.9 and 4 days and the three private factories in Punjab have less than two days.
Batubara stock.
TSPL spokesman claimed that only one unit was closed due to technical errors.
“We have three days of coal stocks and will get a big consignment in a few days to supply unbroken power,” he added.
Punjab has floated tenders for 500 MW solar power to meet the crisis.
Punjab cm has directed that half of this power was purchased at a price of less than Rs 2.50 per unit and the other half at Rs 2.70 per unit.
“Rajasthan also faces a power outage of up to 14 hours a day in certain bags because of the closure of the thermal unit after a lack of coal.
At Uttar Pradesh, the gap between the demand and supply of around 5,000 MW, and a 5-hour power outage, and 5 hours have been enforced in rural areas.
And cuts without notice in urban areas.
In Haryana, thermal plants in Kharar, Yamunanagar, and Panipat also have coal stock in the supercritical category.
According to the latest CEA reports, 110 of the 135 thermal plants in this country have coal stock at critical or supercritical levels.
About 16 plants have zero stock and 30 plants only have one day coal stock.
18 and 19 other thermal plants have three four-day coal stocks.
Reduced coal stock in all thermal plants across the country posing a severe power shortage problem throughout India “Vk Gupta said, Achaman spokesman.
Make sure the supply of coal, punjab cm Chararjit Singh Channi urges the center: slamming the inadequate coal supply center of the Punjab State Power Corporation limited requirements with various subsidiaries of Indian coal Ltd (CIL), Punjab CM Chararjit Singh Channi on Saturday urges the center immediately increase The state coal supply is in accordance with the quota for ups and downs of the power crisis with a shutdown that will come from thermal plants because coal reserves are rapidly thinning.