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India Assures Adequate Coal Supply Amid Rising Power Demand and Falling Hydropower
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India’s Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy said the country has no coal shortage and that supplies to power plants are being reinforced, including with additional railway transport. He attributed pressure on coal-fired generation to a 12–15% rise in thermal-power demand as hydropower output fell, while monsoon rains temporarily disrupted mining; he said production has returned to normal. The reassurance comes as official data showed 74 coal-fired plants had critically low fuel stocks as of September 19, amid peak electricity demand of 230–250 gigawatts.
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Reddy said coal was being moved to power plants by both road and rail, broadening the transport measures beyond the additional railway rakes highlighted in the summary.
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At the Angul Aluminium Roadshow, Reddy alleged that West Bengal’s coal industry had suffered for years under “Jungle Raj” and mafia control, and said the Central government was pursuing reforms to improve transparency and raise state revenues.
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Reddy was in Kolkata for a two-day review of Coal India Limited’s operations, project progress and post-monsoon dispatches.
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A Coal Ministry statement said Coal India was adopting digital tools including IoT, AI and data analytics, and targeting about 100 million tonnes of underground production using technologies such as Continuous Miner, Longwall and Highwall.
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