Of the 92 major power projects reviewed by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for their fuel position, 54 are facing “acute coal shortage”, which is resulting in inadequate power supply/blackouts in various parts of the country, crippling of industrial output and impact on households.
Blame this not only on the stagnation in India’s coal output and a widening demand-supply gap for the fuel, but also on the Centre’s standing linkage committees (SLCs).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/power-projects-tripping-coal-shortage-and-policy-paralysis
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/indronil-roychowdhury
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-coal
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal-india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-thermal-power-corporation-ntpc
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy