14/10/2021 - Environment

KEY POINTS

·        India is the second-largest importer,t consumer and producer of coal and it had enough coal stocks to generate electricity for barely.

·        This shortage threatens India’s post-pandemic economic recovery and the welfare of its citizens.

·        It’s hard to meet this shortage through imports as global coal prices are up by 50 per cent and India’s coal imports are at a two-year low.

·        Any immediate solution will comprise of increasing declining coal reserves in whether through push in domestic production, diversion of coal from industries like steel, cement and construction, or purchase of expensive global coal.

·        Another alternative could be waste-to-energy treatment plants  using garbage/liquid waste to produce steam to generate electricity.

·        The Amberpet plant in Hyderabad treats the city’s faecal sludge by converting it into biogas which produces electricity, and the remaining sludge is converted to compost which is sold to the farmers.

·        The transport of coal contributes to 44 per cent of Indian Railways’ freight revenue and since it is India’s largest employer.

·        Therefore, for the long term, such concerns about the phasing out of coal to produce electricity from the communities in the coal mining regions should be duly acknowledged and adequately addressed.

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