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Over the weekend, multiple States in India faced power cuts as coal reserves in the country are running out. How did it come to this?

October 12, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the ongoing crisis in the power sector in India. Over the weekend, multiple states faced power cuts as coal reserves in the country are running out. How did it come to this? Why did the power plants not stock coal reserves for 22 days as recommended?