[Marxistindia] Coal Shortage Crisis: Modi Govt must discharge its responsibility
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Tue Oct 12 17:11:20 IST 2021
October 12, 2021
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
Coal Shortage Crisis: Modi Government must Discharge its Responsibility
The Modi government seeks to deny its role in the massive shortfall of
electricity generation that has hit the country. Currently, severe power
cuts are extending to many hours in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar and Punjab,
while many others, including Maharashtra, Kerala and Delhi, are staring at
impending blackouts. According to CEA (6th October Report), this failure has
led to 16 power plants with a generation capacity of 16,880 MW having zero
days of coal stock. Another 76 stations of 97,819 MW capacity have less than
four days of coal stock. The rise in the price of coal in the international
market from $60 per tonne to $180-200 has also compounded the problem, e.g.,
with Tata's Mundra station, which depends on imported coal shutting down
their plants.
India has enough coal and mining capacity to meet its demand. The problem of
not having coal with the power stations is simply one of a lack of planning
and incompetence. The Modi government failed in its fundamental task of
coordinating between the power and the coal ministries and now wants to
instead make Coal India a scapegoat for this failure. The country is paying
for the government's incompetence in handling simple issues of
inter-ministerial coordination and planning.
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that the Modi government discharge
its responsibility and urgently resolve this coal shortage crisis.
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