<p>To address concerns over the shortage of coal in thermal power plants, the Centre said it has a detailed plan to ensure its smooth supply.<br /><br />Minister for Coal and Railways Piyush Goyal and Minister for Power R K Singh held a meeting here on Wednesday on the issue and prepared a detailed plan to supply the dry fuel immediately.<br /><br />The ministers also spoke to states where supply is less and promised them to address the issue immediately.<br /><br />The issue is being addressed in a co-coordinated manner by the three ministries concerned - power, coal and railways - a power ministry statement said.<br /><br />There were fears of power outages in the festive season because of critical coal shortage at power plants, especially when spot power price touched a peak of over Rs 10 per unit earlier this week.<br /><br />Earlier, several states, including Karnataka, had urged the Centre to increase supply to avoid disruption.<br /><br />According to a Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report, as many as 21 plants had coal for less than four days while five had stocks for less than a week, as on October 17.<br /><br />The CEA monitors coal stock situation at 112 thermal power plants.</p>
<p>To address concerns over the shortage of coal in thermal power plants, the Centre said it has a detailed plan to ensure its smooth supply.<br /><br />Minister for Coal and Railways Piyush Goyal and Minister for Power R K Singh held a meeting here on Wednesday on the issue and prepared a detailed plan to supply the dry fuel immediately.<br /><br />The ministers also spoke to states where supply is less and promised them to address the issue immediately.<br /><br />The issue is being addressed in a co-coordinated manner by the three ministries concerned - power, coal and railways - a power ministry statement said.<br /><br />There were fears of power outages in the festive season because of critical coal shortage at power plants, especially when spot power price touched a peak of over Rs 10 per unit earlier this week.<br /><br />Earlier, several states, including Karnataka, had urged the Centre to increase supply to avoid disruption.<br /><br />According to a Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report, as many as 21 plants had coal for less than four days while five had stocks for less than a week, as on October 17.<br /><br />The CEA monitors coal stock situation at 112 thermal power plants.</p>