The stoppage of coal production at Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), which is one of the key coal assets in the country, is expected to have significant impact on power generation in Maharashtra and Karnataka apart from Andhra Pradesh.
The workers union of Singareni Collieries is a part of the JAC and has joined the general strike from Tuesday. The hit taken by the coal production is now worrying the generation units.
Power generated at Ramagundam’s 2,600 MW plant goes to Pondicherry, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
SCCL provides coal to six power plants with a combined power generation capacity of 6,000 MW in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Power plants located at Raichur in Karnataka and Parli in Maharashtra depend on SCCL for their coal requirements as also the state-owned projects of AP Genco and NTPC’s Ramagundam super thermal power station, which supplies power to southern states.
“As many as 60,000 employees participated in the strike today affecting coal production to the extent of 1.3 lakh tons. If the strike continues for more than a week, supply of coal to various power plants would be hit and they would need to make alternate arrangements,” an official of SCCL said.
SCCL produces about 50 million tones of coal and most of it is used for generating power in various units of NTPC, Parli power station of Maharashtra’s Mahagenco and Karnataka Power Corporation.
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M Chandra Prakash
Educomp Solutions Limited
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