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With coal stock running out, Delhi may be staring at a power crisis

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Shreya Jai New Delhi
The national capital might be staring at an imminent blackout if the coal supply situation doesn’t improve, Satyendra Jain, cabinet minister in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government, has said.

Jain said the plant that supplies 1,800 MW to Delhi has only one day coal stock left. Jain holds charge for power, health, urban transport, public works department, home and industries.

“Against the normative level of 15 days of coal, Dadri power plant has one day coal stock. That plant can dramatically shut down any day. I met the Union Power Minister R K Singh in Shimla during