With massive components of the nation going through lengthy energy cuts, the opposition Congress on Friday stated the central authorities’s misgovernance and mismanagement led to this “artificial” disaster within the scorching summer season.
Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh alleged that the Modi authorities was not offering logistical help for coal distribution to energy vegetation throughout the nation, resulting in the disaster.
The Modi authorities can’t run away from its duty and blame states for all the issues within the nation, he added.
He stated 16 states within the nation are pressured to have every day energy cuts of as much as 10 hours and energy stations with 72,074 MW capability should not working as a result of non-availability of coal despite the fact that there isn’t any scarcity of it.
He additionally claimed that 106 of the overall 173 energy vegetation are having lower than 25 per cent of their traditional reserve and states are being pressured to purchase energy as excessive as Rs 12 per MW.
Vallabh stated the ministries of energy, coal and railways ought to sit collectively and discover a answer to the present disaster. These ministries should not doing their job correctly, resulting in this example, he alleged.
The Congress chief claimed that industrial manufacturing can be being hit as a result of energy disaster.
“This power crisis is artificial and is due to the poor governance and poor management in coal distribution. This is purely misgovernance,” he stated at a press convention.
“Why are these power plants not operating. Why are states being forced to buy power at Rs 12 per MW. Against the daily demand of 22 lakh tonnes of coal, why only 16 lakh tonnes are being supplied. What is the government’s plan to cater to the peak power demand and resolve the current power crisis,” he additionally requested.
Vallabh stated the Modi authorities can’t run away from its duty and blame the states for all the issues within the nation.
“If the states are to be blamed for everything, then what is the central government’s job,” he requested.
“We demand that the artificial power crisis due to the mismanagement of coal supply is resolved soon,” he stated, noting that even a state like Jharkhand which has coal mines is going through over 17.5 per cent scarcity of energy.
The Congress chief stated Rajasthan is going through energy scarcity of 9.6 per cent, Uttar Pradesh 9 per cent, Haryana 7.7 per cent and Uttarakhand 7.6 per cent.
Vallabh requested if the federal government is claiming that there isn’t any scarcity of coal within the nation, then why are states like Uttar Pradesh are supplying energy for under 4 hours on a regular basis.
“If the situation today is so bad, what will happen when there is peak demand in the country,” he requested.
The demand for energy is predicted to rise additional in coming days because the climate division has predicted that heatwave sweeping by way of the nation will intensify.
Citing figures, the Congress chief claimed that in opposition to an influence demand of 16,035 MW on Friday morning at 10.45 AM, the overall energy obtainable for provide was solely 2,304 MW and that too at Rs 12 per MW.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”