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Finding comes just months after chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced the state will aim for 100% renewable energy over the next 17 years
An eyewitness said many local villagers were engaged in illegal mining when the mine caved in.
In a move that could push up tariff the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has allowed Indian Energy Exchange where 90% of the power transactions take place to open a special platform where electricity could be sold for up to Rs 50 per unit.
According to a study by iForest, a think tank, more than half of the coal mines in Ramgarh have stopped functioning in the last few years.
India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the third quarter of 2022 due to expectations of higher electricity demand.
KSEB has decided to go for costly real-time power purchases, commission new short term hydel projects and operationalise other non-coal stations to tide over the national power crisis.
The scale of the purchases and the decision to go back on a plan to cut coal imports underscore the severity of the India's fuel crisis.
He also raised the issue of coal shortage in the country and shared a news report that claims that India stares at outages as coal stocks at power plants hit a low.
The focus of the government is to increase the share of renewable energy which is available in plenty within the country to meet its requirement.
As per the figures available for Wednesday, coal in 17 plants had completely exhausted. As many as 112 plants are facing a severe crisis.