Times Of India reported that Haryana's success in installation of more power plants in the past seven years has brought no relief to consumers.

On Friday, the state chief secretary, Mr PK Chaudhary, admitted that though Haryana has surplus installed power generation capacity, because of poor quality coal and inadequate fuel supply the production has reduced resulting in power cuts.

Admitting that power remains the main focus of the state which has witnessed rapid urbanization , Chaudhary told industrialists gathered at PHD Chamber of Commerce that they have taken up the issue of uninterrupted coal supply with the Centre.

The present status of generation by the power plants shows that all the eight units at the Panipat thermal power plant are generating less than that of their optimum capacity. While the installed capacity of these units is 1,367MW, the production is 1,120MW. One unit of the Rajiv Gandhi thermal plant (600 MW) is lying defunct while the other one is generating 543MW per day.

Source - Times of India

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