Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to ensure that the Yadadri Thermal Power Station operates at its full installed capacity before Dasara next month, expressing concern over the plant’s failure to achieve optimum generation.
During the meeting, officials said the Yadadri plant requires G9-grade coal, which Singareni Collieries currently does not produce in sufficient quantities. The officials said there was little possibility of Singareni supplying the required grade in the near future. Revanth also directed officials to ensure uninterrupted electricity for lift-irrigation motor pumps and agricultural activities, while asking thermal plants to operate at full capacity and DISCOMs to procure power according to demand.
Revanth Reddy and deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka, who also holds the energy portfolio, reviewed the functioning of the power sector at the MCRHRD Institute’s CM camp office. This prompted the CM and deputy CM to question why the plant was designed to use G9 coal when such coal was unavailable from Singareni, and why it was built away from the pithead. He asked Bhatti to immediately discuss the issue with Union coal minister G Kishan Reddy and explore arrangements for coal supplies.