(ET)
State-run power generator NTPC’s Kaniha unit in Angul district of Odisha is facing coal shortage due to a strike by villagers at the Kaniha Open Cast Project (KOCP). The coal supply to the Kaniha unit from KOCP has stopped since August 18 due to a strike by villagers at the mines end, an NTPC statement said on Tuesday.
NTPC has a 3,000 MW (6×500) super thermal power station at Kaniha near Talcher. Generation at NTPC’s Kaniha unit was severally hit due to stoppage of coal supply for almost two weeks following an accident at the Bharatpur mines on July 23. As many as four persons were feared dead after being trapped under the debris following a landslide in the mines.
