India, Sept. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Media reports today, including one titled "Punjab power crisis deepens as 14-hour cuts hit factories, farms," have attributed reduced power generation at Punjab's thermal plants towards plant outages and inadequate coal supply. The Ministry of Coal clarifies that this does not present the complete picture. Adequate coal has been made available to Punjab's power plants, and Coal India Limited (CIL) remains fully committed to ensuring uninterrupted coal supply for power generation across the country, including in Punjab.
The Central Government has already taken steps to enable coal movement to Punjab's Independent Power Plants (IPPs) from PSPCL's captive mines. Higher utilisat...