Government today said there is loss in power generation due to coal shortage and a few power plants are running at critical coal stock of two days.

"Some plants are running at two days coal stock and there is a loss in power generation due to lesser coal supply," Central Electricity Authority chairman Rakesh Nath told reporters here.

On being asked about the hydro-power situation in the country, he said the hydro-power generation is 10 per cent lesser than the previous year during the same period.

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