Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Bhagalpur: The Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant (KhSTPP) is likely to face operational difficulty if it fails to build a new lagoon in six to nine months for dumping waste ash slurry. The plant management is unable to construct an additional 'ash dyke lagoon' due to encroachment on its land …
Of the 89 coal-based power units, 30 are operating with less than four days’ stock. Coal stock at Indian power plants has plummeted alarmingly to the lowest level in many years, making the country vulnerable to a blackout even if there is a small glitch in fuel supply or transportation. …
India’s state-owned power generator NTPC Ltd is still awaiting re-allocation of five of its coal mines allocations for which were cancelled earlier due to delays in production. The cancelled coal blocks, in addition to the other three awarded to the company, hold the key to the company’s future fuel securing …
Prices in Eastern Coalfields blocks may go up by 12%; power generation costs set to increase Public sector Coal India has hiked prices for non-coking coal mined from selected blocks in Western Coalfields by up to 15% The development comes after CIL rolled back the hike in prices of coal …
NTPC will not sign separate fuel supply agreements (FSAs) for new units and old units at the same power station as is now required by Coal India. It intends to sign the same set of contracts – the one it has already signed for some of its units. The company …
There are two aspects of the widening gap between demand of coal for power plants and its supply. The first is the sharp increase in project commissioning in the past three years of the current Plan period. The second is the near stagnant coal production. “With the power sector growing …
Across the power sector, alarm bells are ringing, threatening to short-circuit the already unravelling growth story. Manufacturing has pulled down to its lowest in three years, export growth is petering out, while rising input costs and a significant fall in capacity utilisation across sectors have stymied hiring and investment outlook …
The power ministry has rung alarm bells saying shortage of coal has pushed 26 power plants into “super critical coal stock positions” — having stocks of barely seven days. And 44 are “critical,” with stocks for 15 days. It has sought the Committee of Secretaries’ (CoS’s) intervention to secure coal …
New Delhi: City may have to reel under power cuts on Monday if coal shortage continues to hit power plants. Delhi received up to 1,000 MW less power on Sunday leading to load shedding in many areas; but no crisis situation arose due to less demand as it was a …
POWER generation major NTPC will soon see 7% of its generation vanish off the grid, thanks to wagon breakers who managed to topple a rake carrying coal to its Kahalgaon Thermal Power station in Bihar, rendering the track unusable for at least 4-5 days. This track, owned by NTPC, is …
POWERGRID, the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country, is engaged in Construction and Operation & Maintenance of inter-State transmission system and operation of National & Regional Power Grids. Over a period of 16 years, POWERGRID has emerged as one of the largest and best managed transmission utilities in the …
