BRS teams visit Genco thermal power plants, inspect coal stocks

…during this eight-hour window, transformers were failing and motors were burning out due to low voltage. Farmers were forced to spend their own money to replace the burnt-out transformers, said ex-Minister Ajay Kumar. MP Ravichandra quoting officials stated that thermal power stations owe approximately Rs 55,000 crore to the SCCL and that power generation has stalled due to the lack of high-quality 9G and 10G grade coal supply, alongside aging machinery. It was sad that Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka who was ensuring supply of quality coal to Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra has completely neglected the power plants in Telangana, he said.…

…of power cuts have returned and the agricultural sector has been facing a severe crisis. The government has been supplying electricity to the farming community for only eight hours, and that too in a staggered manner. Since everyone turns on their motors simultaneously during this eight-hour window, transformers were failing and motors were burning out due to low voltage. Farmers were forced to spend their own money to replace the burnt-out transformers, said ex-Minister Ajay Kumar. MP Ravichandra quoting officials stated that thermal power stations owe approximately Rs 55,000 crore to the SCCL and that power generation has stalled due to the lack of high-quality 9G and 10G grade coal supply,…

…office here, staged a protest and submitted a memorandum on required coal supplies to power stations. A team led by former Minister for Energy G. Jagadish Reddy visited YTPS, and speaking after the visit, he said the energy woes of the State had reached pre-2014 stage in the Congress rule - now affecting power supply to farming and leading to withering of standing crops. The reasons being cited by power utilities for fall in generation were misleading as the Singareni was being made to sell good quality coal to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, he alleged. The missing stock of 40,000…

…mines. He claimed that some Singareni lab officials had told him that G9 and G10 grade samples from Singareni mines were in the lab. Meanwhile, KTPP was visited by a team led by Errabelli Dayakar Rao, who said the farm sector was not being given even six-hour quality supply, leading to withering of crops. Party leaders Koppula Eshwar, T. Jeevan Reddy, K.P. Vivekanand, D. Sravan, Shambipur Raju, N. Diwakar Rao and TGBKS leaders Raji Reddy and Surender met Singareni Collieries’ Chairman and Managing Director Buddhaprakash…

…production from 70 million tonnes to 58 million tonnes, and for supply of poor quality coal to generating stations in Telangana, while supplying quality coal to power stations in other States. Mr. Eshwar alleged that the State government dues of ₹52,000 crore to Singareni was also one of the main reasons for fall in coal production - about 17% in 2025-26 - compared to the previous year. Published - September 24, 2026 07:34 pm IST…