5 states may face blackouts as coal shortage hits power supply

September 03, 2014 09:54

NDTV reports: With an acute shortage of coal and tariff disputes with power companies in some states, India is virtually sitting on a power crisis time bomb.

According to latest official data, the northern region is facing over 5,000 MW of power shortage due to coal stocks drying up.

Five states -- Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat -- are in critical mode. Four of them are procuring electricity from Adani Power's 4,620 MW thermal power plant and Tata Power's 4,000 MW ultra-mega power project, both at Mundra in Gujarat.

One of these power plants, Adani Power, has stopped supply to Haryana citing lack of payment of dues.

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