Lok Sabha Question No. 696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Coal Supply to Thermal Plants in Karnataka
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.696

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## Coal Supply to Thermal Plants in Karnataka

## 696. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

## Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of coal required per day in Karnataka for its thermal plants;
- (b)  whether  power  generation  is  steadily  declining  in  all  the  three  thermal power plants of Karnataka due to severe shortage of coal supply;
- (c)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  of  Karnataka  has  requested  the  Union Government to ensure supply of Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) quantity in full for sustainable power generation to the State's thermal power plants;
- (d) if so, the response of the Union Government thereto and the quantum of coal supplied to Thermal Power Stations (TPSs) in Karnataka during the last three years; and
- (e) whether coal is supplied to Karnataka from Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.  (SCCL),  Western  Coalfields  Ltd.  (WCL)  and  Mahanadi  Coalfields  Ltd. (MCL) and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a): The quantum of coal required per day by the thermal power plants of Karnataka  Power  Corporation  Limited  (KPCL)  in  Karnataka  is  42,871 Tonnes.
- (b): The  power  demand  of  Karnataka  is  met  mainly  by  generation  from thermal, hydro and nuclear sources apart from the allocation from Central Generating Stations. The generation from coal based thermal power plants, therefore,  varies  depending  upon  demand  and  generation  from  other sources. The  generation  in  Million  Units  (MU)  by  the  three  thermal  power plants  of  KPCL  of  Karnataka  during  2018-19  and  2019-20  (April'19  and May'19) is as under:

(c) to  (e): The  detail  of  coal  supplied  to  Thermal  Power  Plants  (TPPs)  of KPCL in Karnataka from CIL and SCCL for the last three years is as under:

|              |               | Generation (Million Units)   | Generation (Million Units)   | Generation (Million Units)   |
|--------------|---------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Name of TPS  | Capacity (MW) | 2018-19                      | Apr-19                       | May-19                       |
| Bellary TPS  | 1700          | 4059                         | 477                          | 400                          |
| Raichur TPS  | 1720          | 8918                         | 1140                         | 1026                         |
| Yermarus TPS | 1600          | 791                          | 0                            | 0                            |

## (Fig in Million Tonnes)

| Year    |           | Bellary TPS   |   Raichur TPS | Yermarus TPS   | Total   |
|---------|-----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------|
| 2016-17 | MCL       | -             |         2.636 | - 11.703       |         |
| 2016-17 | WCL       | -             |         1.919 | -              |         |
| 2016-17 | CIL Total | -             |         4.555 | -              |         |
| 2016-17 | SCCL      | 2.969         |         3.806 | 0.373          |         |
| 2016-17 | Total     | 2.969         |         8.361 | 0.373          |         |
| 2017-18 | MCL       | -             |         2.882 | -              | 9.814   |
| 2017-18 | WCL       | -             |         1.36  | -              | 9.814   |
| 2017-18 | CIL Total | -             |         4.242 | -              | 9.814   |
| 2017-18 | SCCL      | 1.707         |         3.111 | 0.754          | 9.814   |
| 2017-18 | Total     | 1.707         |         7.353 | 0.754          | 9.814   |
| 2018-19 | MCL       | -             |         2.683 | - 9.409        |         |
| 2018-19 | WCL       | -             |         1.325 | -              |         |
| 2018-19 | CIL Total | -             |         4.008 | -              |         |
| 2018-19 | SCCL      | 1.533         |         2.423 | 1.445          |         |
| 2018-19 | Total     | 1.533         |         6.431 | 1.445          |         |

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