Chennai Tamilnadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji has made a shocking claim that about 238 lakh tonnes of coal which was meant to fuel the thermal power plant at Ennore in North Chennai has gone missingThe Minister said that the discrepancy between records and the stock on hand came to light when a few senior officials recently inspected the North Chennai Thermal Power Station NCTPSThe State-run power utility Tangedco has ordered a probe into coal stocks at Tuticorin and Mettur thermal power stationsSenthil Balaji said it is unfortunate that the irregularities to this scale has happened in the electricity department and this is mainly due to the inefficient administration of the previous governmentThe coal fired NCTPS sources the raw material from Mahanadhi coalfields Limited Talchar IB Valley Orissa Eastern coalfields Limited and utilises the sea water as coolant
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