‘Sufficient coal stock available to meet demand of power plants during monsoon’

Power Minister RK Singh will maintain a gathering on August 22 to overview the provision of coal for thermal power plants, particularly in view of the continuing monsoon season, at the same time as coal ministry has stated that 77 million tonnes of dry gas is at the moment available, which is greater than adequate to meet the requirement of power sector, extremely positioned sources stated. 

The assembly comes simply days after Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi had final week reviewed the provision of coal, the place it was knowledgeable that there’s satisfactory provide of dry gas to meet the necessities of coal-based power plants.  Meanwhile, in Tuesday’s assembly, the place coal ministry officers can even be current, Singh is probably going to overview the stock state of affairs of dry gas available with varied subsidiaries. 

At the identical time sources knowledgeable that whereas 40 days are left for the monsoon season to finish (until September 30), there’s satisfactory provide of coal within the nation, as 30 million tonnes is there in thermal power plants, whereas 47 million tonnes is available in coal mines. So a complete of 77 million tonnes of dry gas is at the moment available to meet necessities of thermal power plants. In 40 days, even after most depletion of coal shares, no less than 1.5 million tonnes of dry gas will stay, because it can’t go under that degree, a coal ministry supply advised IANS. 

So contemplating the truth that 40 days are nonetheless left for the monsoon season to finish, no less than 6 million tonnes of coal might be available at any price regardless of most depletion of stock, the supply stated, including that whereas 77 million tonnes of coal is at the moment there, which is way more than the requirement of coal-based power plants.  On August 17, coal and mines minister Pralhad Joshi had undertaken a overview of availability of dry gas during the continuing monsoon season. 

During the assembly with senior officers of Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in addition to different entities, it was knowledgeable during the assembly that each CIL and SCCL have satisfactory provides of coal to meet the demand of coal-based power plants during the wet season.  CIL has clocked highest-ever dispatch to non-power sector, at 3.68 lakh tonnes per day during the present fiscal, sources stated. 

Overall offtake of CIL stood at 85.2 million tonnes, a progress of nearly 10 per cent over final yr, whereas after dispatching 25.1 million tonnes of coal, SCCL has achieved 12.6 per cent progress within the present monetary yr over final yr. 

CIL has proven a progress of 11 per cent over final yr to register 75.7 million tonnes manufacturing within the second quarter of present fiscal (up to August 14), recording 100.6 per cent achievement of goal.  Similarly, SCCL has produced 23.6 million tonnes coal, thus reaching 101.5 per cent of goal. At 40 million tonnes, progress from captive and industrial blocks has elevated by 8 per cent in 2023-24 over 2022-23, sources additional stated. 

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