Households and businesses face ongoing disruptions as coal stockpiles shrink at power plants and fuel imports falter on prices that have surged amid the war in Ukraine.
The coal crisis has been made worse by the heat wave across north and central India: electricity consumption has increased in the belt, including in Uttar Pradesh, resulting in power cuts that are several-hours-long.
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AIPEF spokesperson V K Gupta said that now they (central government ministries) have diverted the issue and linked it to states inability to make timely payments to coal companies, , coal india, AIPEF, power ministry, Railways Ministry, coal ministry