The Centre has blamed the Maharashtra government for the present power crisis leading to the load shedding in the state. In a strongly worded rebuttal, the Ministry of Coal has claimed that Maharashtra is receiving more coal at present than in March this year.
The closure of several government and non-government establishments due to BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary on Thursday came handy for the state-run MahaVitaran to manage the power demand by carrying out a load shedding of 1,500 MW.
After many years, Maharashtra is staring at compulsory power cuts as demand is higher than supply, the state discom announced on Monday, pegging the shortages at over 2,500 mw.
Stating that load shedding in Maharashtra is inevitable due to demand and supply mismatch amid summer, Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Monday said coal is in short supply and added that there is not much scope for generating hydropower due to less availability of water.