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Amit Shah holds meet with ministers RK Singh, Pralhad Joshi on coal, power issues
•During over one-hour-long meeting, the four ministers were believed to have discussed the availability of coal to power plants and the current power demands
Coal scarcity was a man-made crisis, India needs a planned transition to renewables
Ajay Dua •If we find ourselves in this situation at a time of virtually no growth in the demand for electricity, what will happen when we start seeing a real recovery in the economy?
Opinion | Thermal power plants left with low fuel stocks, yet coal scarcity is more political than real
Gautam Mukherjee •There may be some blackouts, and load-shedding power cuts have already begun in some states. But it is a crisis of our own making at best, and headed swiftly towards a solution
PMO reviews coal supply, power availability situation to defuse energy crisis faced by several states
•The shortage of coal, which makes up around 70 percent of India's electricity mix — has forced rotational power cuts in states from Rajasthan to Kerala.
No threat of disruption in power supply, assures Pralhad Joshi as states schedule outages
Fp Staff •The daily average coal requirement at the power plants is about 18.5 Lakh tonnes of coal per day whereas the daily coal supply has been around 17.5 lakh tonnes per day, as per a government release
Coal crisis: Tata Power warns Delhi customers that city may see intermittent rotational load shedding in coming days
Fp Staff •Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention in making adequate arrangements of coal and gas to generation plants supplying electricity to the city