AIPEF seeks immediate withdrawal of govt order requiring GENCOS to blend 10% imported coal

New Delhi, July 27 (KNN) The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the government to immediately withdraw the order given to the state Gencos to import 10 percent of coal.

This appeals comes in the wake of coal minister Pralhad Joshi’s statement in the parliament regarding no shortage of coal availability in the county.

Shailendra Dubey Chairman of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said that the federation has sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to intervene and issue effective directions to Ministry of Power to immediately withdraw the instructions given to state Gencos to import 10 percent of coal.

The extra cost of imported coal, the federation said, must be borne by the power ministry now. As the country faced a power crisis due to a coal shortage in peak summer, the ministry, in an official order, asked state Gencos and IIPs to import 10 percent of coal for blending.

The ministry had further stated that if blending with domestic coal does not begin by June 15, 2022, then the domestic allocation of the defaulter thermal power plants will be further cut by 5 percent. However, the coal minister in parliament said in the current financial year (up to June 22), India has produced 204.876 MT of coal as against 156.11 MT during the same period of last year.  (KNN Bureau)