Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries claims that lower supply has not affected industries in the state. The officials believe that the majority of units are closed due to Durga Puja.
Meanwhile, central government sources said that the situation will be normal within a month. There is no shortage in daily power and coal supply.
The government may allow power plants facing fuel shortages to blend upto 10 per cent imported coal and run their plants at optimal capacity to prevent any outages.
There is a 12 per cent fall in imports of foreign coal which power companies blend to cut losses. Due to high prices, they also shifted to domestic coal.
"The Centre is fulfilling all the demands required by the states. Coal stocks have started increasing in the last four days," sources said.
The development assumes significance in the wake of the country's power plants grappling with coal shortages in the country at a time when the festival season has already begun.
Sharing a detailed account mentioning specifics regarding the requirement of power in Delhi, the Central government said "as per the information received from Delhi DISCOMs, there was no outage on account of power shortage."
The power availability is likely to improve within the next one or two days as the additional quantum of about 400 MW is expected to be received from the state sector and other outside long-term sources.
Earlier in the day, Home Minister Amit Shah held an hour-long meeting with Power Minister, Coal Minister, and other officials over possible coal shortage and power crisis concerns.
Coal shortage: The daily average coal requirement at the power plants is about 18.5 lakh tonnes per day whereas the daily coal supply has been around 17.5 lakh tonnes.
The coal shortages at power plants had come at a time when production from Coal India, which meets almost 80 per cent of the fuel needs of the country, had fallen owing to the long monsoon this year.
Sisodia further said that if the Centre doesn't take any step, another crisis will rise in the country.
Rains took a toll on the coal movement, from mines to power generation units, impacting power generation in many states, including Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu, despite the country producing record coal this year.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the national capital could face a power crisis and that his government is taking adequate steps to avoid such a situation.
According to the website of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, the electricity charges to the tune of Rs 8,67,540 of his Amritsar home are yet to be paid, with July 2 as the last date for making payment.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) expressed concern over the outcry in Punjab due to non-availability of electricity. Addressing a press conference, party’s state unit president Bhagwant Mann said that the AAP would gherao chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s farmhouse at Siswan village on Saturday to wake him up from slumber.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on July 02 lambasted Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over power cut issue in the state.
CM Amarinder Singh has appealed to all govt offices to make judicious use of electricity in offices, adding that the situation was dire as the peak demand in the state had touched a whopping 14,500 MW.
On Wednesday, the power demand peaked to 14,142 MW against the supply of 12,842 MW, leaving a gap of 1,300 MW, an official of the state-owned power utility PSPCL had said.
India’s power shortage stood at 2.1 per cent, the lowest level in a single year, in the last financial year, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
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