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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Business

India's power crunch deepens as 96 coal plants face fuel shortages

New Delhi: Half of India's 191 coal-fired power plants are operating with critically low fuel stocks due to a surge in power demand amid hotter-than-usual weather linked to El Nino, government data showed.

* The number of power plants with critically low coal stocks - which only have enough fuel supply to generate power for less than three days - rose to 96 as of October 19 from 60 plants in mid-September, data from the Central Electricity Authority showed

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