Blackout looms in Tamil Nadu as power utilities have only 3 days' coal

The state is receiving only 7-6 rakes of supply compared to a daily requirement of at least 20 rakes

The Tamil Nadu Government has said that thermal stations of the state power utility, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (Tangedco), has only three day's stock of coal.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said in a letter to the Prime Minister that the coal stock in the State has reached a critically low level due to inadequate supply of the fossil fuel from the coal companies. 

"At present, the thermal power stations of the Tamil Nadu Government power utility (Tangedco), has stock that will only last three days," Palaniswami said.

On an average 72,000 tonnes of the fuel are required a