No shortage of coal, stock available equal to one month’s consumption of the country: Coal Minister

coal in the country (CoalThe government today said that there is no shortage of coal in the country. Can meet the requirement of one month. He said that the power plant (Power PlantThe supply of coal is being increased continuously. Recently, organizations related to the power sector had talked about the shortage of coal in the country. At the same time, there were reports that more than half of the power plants in the country have much less coal stock than the requirement. Due to this the power crisis in the country (Electricity Crisis) is suspected. However, the Coal Minister said today that it is not likely.

More than 70 million tonnes of coal available in the country

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said through a tweet that 725 million tonnes of coal is present in different sources including Coal India. At the same time, 22 million tonnes of coal is present with the thermal power plant. On the other hand, the Ministry of Coal informed that the production of coal in the country is increasing continuously. In the last financial year, coal production during a year increased by more than 8 percent to cross 77 million tonnes. At the same time, the production of Coal India has increased by more than 4 percent and has crossed 62 million tonnes. According to the information received earlier, this year the temperature has increased very rapidly in the summer, due to which the consumption of electricity has increased. And there was a shortage of coal in the power plant. However, with the increase in the number of rakes by the Ministry of Railways by 20 percent, there is hope for improvement in the supply of coal. The government has clearly said that there will be no shortage of electricity due to coal.