HYDERABAD: Energy minister G Jagadish Reddy blamed the Centre for the current coal supply crisis in the state and alleged that it was a ploy by the Centre to hand over power generation and distribution to private power companies by creating artificial scarcity.
However, he said there was no scarcity for coal for power generation in Telangana and there would be no power cuts.
“There will not be a single minute power outage in Telangana due to coal short supplies in the country. The state has coal reserves to meet the thermal, power generation for the next 200 years and all thermal power units have been running in the state without any problems. The power utilities have been meeting the demand without any problems,” the minister told the reporters on Tuesday.
He said a power circuit was provided around Hyderabad to get supplies from any part of the state. “Even hydel power generation is being continued,” he said.
Attacking the BJP government at the Centre, especially referring to the new electricity bill brought by the Centre a few months ago, Jagadish Reddy said the Centre owed an answer to the people on power crisis across the country.
He said the BJP government was encroaching upon the state powers on power-related issues, which finally lead to crisis in power sector.
