Gujarats production of electricity from the coal-fired thermal power Plants halved in October as private sector plants struggled to generate power due to spiralling prices of imported coal.
States thermal coal-based electricity generation declined by 56% to
Steep reduction in power generation by private sector plants, including those run on imported coal, brought down the overall electricity generated from the coal-based power plants in October.
Private sectors generation from coal plunged 70% to 1,858GWh from 6,142GWh.
The generation stood at only 32% of the targeted generation of 5,839GWh for October 2021, according to the report.