No power crisis in Delhi, govt closely monitoring situation, says Union Minister RK Singh

Union Power Minister R K Singh has said that there is no crisis of power in Delhi and the Government and the ministry was keping a close vigil on the situation. Singh said that instructions have been issued for supply of coal and gas to the power plants.

The Minister also said that he has asked the Chief Executives of the discoms to not spread panic by sending messages.   

Earlier today, a meeting at 12 PM was scheduled between the Union Minister, officials of BSES Delhi, Tata Power Delhi and other senior ministry officials  on the power outage situation staring the national capital to deliberate on Coal Shortage and Power Crisis in Delhi and other parts in the country.

The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also tweeted on this on Friday.

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“Delhi could face a power crisis. I am personally keeping a close watch over the situation. We are trying our best to avoid it. In the meanwhile, I wrote a letter to Hon’ble PM seeking his personal intervention,” the CM said in his tweet.

Earlier, a Reuters report said that India`s oil ministry will facilitate gas supplies to enable two power plants in Delhi to operate, quoting the federal power ministry.

Delhi could face a power crisis. I am personally keeping a close watch over the situation. We are trying our best to avoid it. In the meanwhile, I wrote a letter to Hon’ble PM seeking his personal intervention. pic.twitter.com/v6Xm5aCUbm

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 9, 2021

The city state warned of blackouts in the country`s capital due to a coal shortage, this report said.

State-run NTPC Ltd, India`s largest electricity producer, has also been directed to increase coal stocks to two coal-fired plants near Delhi to ensure sufficient supply, the top bureaucrat in the federal power ministry said, it further said.