T.N. appeals to Centre for more coal

  • | Wednesday | 23rd May, 2018

He also sought adequate coal supply to run the North Chennai thermal power plant and Mettur thermal power plant at full capacity. Mr. Thangamani also asked the Centre to ensure the Kudankulam unit-II was brought to operation again soon. Mr. Thangamani said the thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu need 72,000 MT of coal per day to produce electricity required by the State. On Tuesday, Mr. Thangamani met Minister for Coal and Finance Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and put forward a number of requests from the State government. Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister P. Thangamani has sought an additional seven loads of coal that is being brought to Tamil Nadu by train to run the power plants in the State.

more-in Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister P. Thangamani has sought an additional seven loads of coal that is being brought to Tamil Nadu by train to run the power plants in the State. On Tuesday, Mr. Thangamani met Minister for Coal and Finance Piyush Goyal in New Delhi and put forward a number of requests from the State government. Mr. Thangamani said the thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu need 72,000 MT of coal per day to produce electricity required by the State. Instead of the 16 loads of coal, only 13 were being supplied. He sought an additional seven loads per day. He also sought adequate coal supply to run the North Chennai thermal power plant and Mettur thermal power plant at full capacity. Mr. Thangamani also asked the Centre to ensure the Kudankulam unit-II was brought to operation again soon. “Necessary action should be taken to ensure that maintenance work is undertaken only during the monsoon season and the plant is operational during summer,” he said in his representation.

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