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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Nearly a third of India's coal power plants have critical low fuel stocks

NEW DELHI: Nearly a third ​of India's coal-fired power plants ​are operating with critically low fuel stocks despite government ​efforts to boost supplies, as an extended spell of hot weather keeps electricity demand elevated, government data showed.

India's peak power demand, a measure of ‌the maximum electricity ⁠requirement, has ⁠been hovering near the record 270.70 gigawatts touched in May.

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