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Acute coal shortage fuels blackout fears [1]

Indronil Roychowdhury

Kolkata: Acute coal shortage in 32 coal-fired power stations is a clear indications of massive power cuts across the country in the coming 15 days. According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) findings, 17 thermal power stations have coal supply for less than 7 days while 15 others can be run for only 4 days.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Coal [3], Energy [4], Thermal Power Plants [5], Financial Express (New Delhi) [2], Coal India [6]
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