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India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the third quarter of 2022 due to expectations of higher electricity demand.
All the government offices above the level of block panchayat offices, and industrial and commercial consumers will have to switch over to the pre-paid meters before the said deadline.
A surge in air-conditioning demand this year, and an economic recovery due to removal of all COVID-related curbs pushed power demand to record highs in April.
The association agreed to the KSEB's suggestion to avoid criticisms that would adversely affect the Board's functioning.
As the responsibility to resolve the issue has been entrusted with power secretary Rajesh Kumar Sinha following a court verdict, the officer is expected to hold discussions with the officers’ association within two days to officially inform about the decision.
The board chairman will also take part in the talks to be held at 12 noon at the Minister's office.
Rahul Gandhi also tagged a video of Prime Minister Modi claiming in 2017 that one no longer heard headlines of power crisis or coal 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.
At the conciliatory talks held by Power Minister K Krishnankutty in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, there was consensus on the need for a quick resolution of the seemingly intractable Board-officers rift.
Some coils of the Generator 6 at the power station located at Moozhiyar in Pathanamthitta district were gutted in a fire on Friday evening.
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