Raipur, 11 October 2021.On the initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, SECL will ensure the supply of 29 thousand 500 metric tonnes of coal per day for thermal power plants of Chhattisgarh. The CMD of SECL has given consent for this. The Chief Minister, while reviewing the status of supply and availability of coal in thermal power plants of the state at his residence office here today, told the CMD of SECL that coal is supplied to other states of the country including Chhattisgarh by extracting coal from the mines of Chhattisgarh. . Since coal is being produced from Chhattisgarh, SECL should supply good quality coal as per their requirement to thermal power plants of Chhattisgarh on priority basis.
Chief Secretary Mr. Amitabh Jain, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Subrata Sahu, Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi, Chairman and Special Secretary Energy of Chhattisgarh State Power Companies Mr. Ankit Anand, CMD of SECL Mr. Ambika Prasad Panda and South East Central Railway’s GM Shri Alok Kumar along with Managing Director of State Electricity Companies were present. In the meeting, the CMD of SECL said that 29 thousand 500 metric tonnes of coal would be supplied daily to Chhattisgarh as per the requirement of thermal power plants of the state. In addition, good quality coal will also be supplied. He said that the quality of coal gets affected due to rain. At present SECL is supplying 23 thousand 290 metric tonnes of coal to Chhattisgarh. The CMD of SECL agreed to increase this quantity to 29 thousand 500 metric tonnes for Chhattisgarh.
The Chief Minister said in the meeting that railways should ensure to provide sufficient number of railway rakes to Chhattisgarh for coal and rice as per requirement. On which the GM of South East Central Railway agreed to it.
In the meeting, Chhattisgarh State Electricity Companies Chairman and Special Secretary Energy Shri Ankit Anand informed that at present 3.8 days coal is available in Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Thermal Power Plant Korba East. Similarly, 3.2 days coal is available in Hasdeo Thermal Power Plant at Korba West and 7 days coal is available at Madwa Thermal Power Plant. The availability of coal less than the requirement of 5 days as per Central Electricity Authority norms is considered as critical condition. Now by increasing the supply of coal, availability of coal in sufficient quantity will be ensured to the thermal power plants of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh State Electricity Companies Chairman and Special Secretary Energy Shri Anand told in the meeting that uninterrupted supply of electricity is being ensured in urban and rural areas. At present the average power demand of the state is 3803 MW, against which the availability of electricity is 3810 MW. The average demand of electricity in the state at peak time is 4123 MW. Against which the average availability of 4123 MW power is being maintained by the power company. In peak times, 200 to 400 MW power is being procured continuously as per the requirement. He also informed that at present Lara (400 MW) and Sipat units (104 MW) of NTPC and NSPL plant (25 MW) are closed due to annual maintenance. Due to this, a total of 529 MW electricity is being received less. NTPC’s Lara unit is likely to start from October 12. After the commissioning of this unit, there will be almost no position of purchasing power from the exchange. NTPC Sipat plant is likely to be commissioned by October 21.
Raipur: On the initiative of the Chief Minister, the thermal power plants of Chhattisgarh will continue the smooth supply of coal.
