Jaipur. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will meet his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur on Friday over the supply of coal for power plants in his state. The issue of coal crisis will be discussed in the meeting to be held from 2 pm to 2.30 pm as the desert state is mainly dependent on Chhattisgarh for coal required for the production of thermal power.
In 2015, the Center had allocated a 15 MTPA coal block at Parsa East-Kanta Basan (PEKB) in Chhattisgarh and five MTPA capacity at Parsa for 4340 MW power generation units to Rajasthan.
The first phase of Parsa East-Kanta Basan coal block was completed this month, after which coal will no longer be supplied to Rajasthan, which may lead to power crisis.
The Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change and Ministry of Coal have given necessary approval for supply of coal from Parsa Call Block to Rajasthan.
Now in the second phase, forest clearance is being considered before the Chhattisgarh government.
Most of the land area of Rajasthan is desert where neither hydropower nor coal is available for power generation.
In this context, the high officials of Rajasthan were in touch with the officials of Chhattisgarh and Chief Minister Gehlot had also talked to the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh in this regard.
—AnyTV News
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