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Garmi ne machaya hahakaar, bijli ki maang aasman par!
India mein heatwave ne sabki halat kharab kar di hai. Isi wajah se power demand ne saare records tod diye hain. 21 May ko peak demand 270.82 GW tak pahunch gayi thi, aur is saal yeh 271 GW tak jaane ka andaza hai. .
Coal stocks ki kami, plants pareshaan
Ek taraf jabardast garmi hai, toh doosri taraf bijli banane wale thermal power plants ke paas coal ki kami ho gayi hai. 20 May tak, required levels ke muqable sirf 68% coal stocks bache hain, jabki pichle saal issi time 80% the. Central Electricity Authority (CEA) ke hisab se iss samay 75.2 million tonnes coal hona chahiye tha.
Kaha kaha hai critical situation?
Total 189 thermal plants mein se 21 plants (jo 222.7 GW capacity rakhte hain) mein coal stocks bilkul khatam hone ki kagar par hain, yani unke paas normal requirements ka 25% se bhi kam coal hai. Inmein se 11 domestic coal-fired plants hain. Pichle saal 23 plants critical situation mein the.
Domestic coal-based plants ke paas 48.66 million tonnes coal hai, jo ki required 70.19 million tonnes ka sirf 69% hai. Imported coal wale 17 plants (jo 18.7 GW capacity rakhte hain) toh aur bhi buri haalat mein hain, unke paas sirf 2.6 million tonnes coal hai, jo ki required 5.0 million tonnes ka sirf 51% hai.
Coal production badhane ki planning
Government chahti hai ki imports par dependency kam ho aur desh ki energy demand poori ho sake. Isliye, saal 2027 tak 1.31 billion tonnes (BT) coal produce karne ka target rakha gaya hai. Jismein se Coal India ko 1 BT, captive players ko 228 million tonnes, aur Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) ko 79 million tonnes produce karna hai. Pichle saal (FY25) mein coal production 1.05 BT raha tha, jo pichle saal se 4.98% zyada hai.