Hyderabad, Nov 10 With electricity demand expected to rise further in the coming days due to the impact of El Niño, state-owned coal mining firm SCCL has decided to supply 75,000 tonne of coal per day to Telangana GENCO’s thermal power plants, officials said on Tuesday.
Arrangements are being made to transport at least 16,000 tonne of coal per day from the Naini coal mine in Odisha to the Yadadri Thermal Power Plant.
The decisions were taken at a high-level coordination meeting held via video conference under the chairmanship of Singareni CMD Buddhaprakash Jyoti and Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited (TGGENCO) CMD Harish, an official release said.
As per the directions of Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, coordination meetings are being held on coal supplies to Telangana GENCO’s power plants.
Buddhaprakash instructed the company’s directors and area general managers to give first priority to coal transportation for GENCO’s thermal power plants, and then to other states’ power plants.
He said that this year, Telangana GENCO is receiving more coal than in the past three to four years, the release added.
Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a government coal mining company jointly owned by the Telangana government and the Union Government on a 51:49 equity basis.
(PTI News)
