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According to him, the repercussions of coal shortage and shutdown of power plants will be severe. On November 3, it bought lakh units megawatt power at Rs 3. Passenger trains are also suspended in the state. Gaon Connection has obtained figures from the Punjab state load dispatch centre, which shows that the power demand in the state on November 3, during the day time was 5, megawatt MW and 3, MW at night.
This MW is also expected to stop by this weekend, as these two thermal power plants are likely to run out of coal. The 1, megawatt Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd in Mansa district of Punjab, run by the Vedanta Group, was the first to shut its operation about a week ago. Meanwhile, the two state-owned utilities — megawatt Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant at Lehra Mohabbat and megawatt Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant at Ropar — have enough coal left for just two-three days and are on the verge of closure, officials said.
He also warned that the power cuts may increase if the situation remains the same. The racks of coal are ready to be dispatched from Jharkhand and other coal supply areas, but they are unable to reach Punjab. Incidentally, as winter sets in, overall power consumption is usually only one-third of its peak summer demand in Punjab.
But under the present unprecedented circumstances, even this seems an unachievable target, said a PSPCL official monitoring the power distribution segment. The best of journalism is shrinking, yielding to crude prime-time spectacle.
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