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India's power consumption grows 13.6% to 132.98 billion units in April, shows govt data
•Power consumption in April last year was recorded at 117.08 BU, which was higher than 84.55 BU in the same month of 2020
AAP, NPP protest against power crisis in Jammu
•A group of AAP workers led by Sandeep Singh Chib held a protest outside the Power Development Department (PDD) headquarters at Bagwati Nagar in Jammu
Uttar Pradesh: 12 wagons of coal-laden freight train derail in Etawah
Fp Staff •The incident comes at a time when powers plants across the country are struggling to keep up with the rising demand of electricity as they struggle with acute coal shortages
BJP government taking power shortage lightly, 'mismanaging' situation like COVID-19: Kamal Nath
•Kamal Nath slammed the BJP-led government for handling the power crisis situation "the way they mismanaged COVID pandemic"
J&K: Congress workers detained during protest against power crisis
•Congress workers gathered at Exhibition Ground for a protest demonstration to highlight the power crisis being faced by the public, especially in Jammu region where the mercury has crossed 40 degrees Celsius mark on Friday
Delhi: Amid power crisis, Satyendar Jain urges Centre to ensure availability of coal
Fp Staff •Satyendar Jain said there is severe shortage of coal in the whole country and the biggest reasons behind this are the lack of railway rakes and the acute shortage of coal supply
Current power crisis due to sharp fall in generation, not due to non-availability of domestic coal
•The gas-based power generation which has fallen drastically in the country has aggravated the crisis
Maharashtra energy minister Nitin Raut claims impending coal and power crisis in state
•However, the minister assured that the state government is working to resolve the power crisis
'Absolute baseless': Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman rubbishes reports of coal shortage in India
•“There are not going to be any deficiencies which may lead to any shortfall of supply. So that takes care of India's power situation. We are now a power surplus country," added Sitharaman.
Worst is over in India's power crisis, says govt as states complain of massive coal shortage
Fp Staff •About two-thirds of the coal-fired power plants had stockpiles of a week or less but the coal ministry said, "any fear of disruption in the power supply is entirely misplaced."