TL-POWER

Rao moots changes in policy of allocating coal for power
production
Hyderabad, May 19 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao Saturday has demanded that the Centre reduce
cost of power production by bringing in changes in the way
coal allocations are made for production of power.
He said he would take up the issue with the government to
be formed at the Centre soon (post Lok Sabha elections), a
release from his office said late Saturday night.
Rao, who visited the power plant being built by NTPC at
Ramagundam in the state, held a meeting with officials.
He requested that 2,000 MW be supplied from NTPC to
Telangana in view of the growing power demand in the state.
"The policy being followed by the Centre with regard to
allocation of coal to power plants is not proper.
Coal for Ramagundam NTPC plant is being used by bringing
it from Mandakini in Odisha, 950 km away, instead of taking
coal from nearby Singareni (state-run miner Singareni
Collieries).
This leads to increase in cost of production," Rao said.
The release also said production at the Fertilisers
Corporation at Ramagundam would start this year. PTI SJR
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