The Telangana government has deputed five IAS officers to the Yadadri Thermal Power Station to review coal handling and power generation across its four coal streams between October 15 and 30, following concerns over whether the plant’s units are receiving and processing coal as designed.
Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju said the officers would camp at the plant in separate batches and follow Standard Operating Procedures while examining the functioning of the four coal streams. Their review will cover the reasons for any shortfall in coal flow, coal feeding or electricity generation.
Chevvuru Hari Kiran, Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, will camp at the station from October 15 to 17. Venkatesh Dhotre, Special Secretary to the Government in the Education Department, will be stationed there from October 18 to 19. Rahul Raj P.S., Special Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, will conduct the review from October 22 to 24.
Zendage Hanumant Kondiba, Chief Executive Officer of the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust, will camp at the plant from October 25 to 27. Killu Sivakumar Naidu, Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement and Land Acquisition in the Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, will take up the final review period from October 28 to 30.
The officers have been asked to establish the maximum coal flow for which the plant was designed and compare it with the present operating status. They will also examine the grade of coal received and whether electricity generation is matching the expected output for that grade. The review is intended to identify any gap between the quality or quantity of coal entering the plant and the power being generated.
The inspection will also assess whether coal is being fed into all four units to their full level. If any unit is not receiving adequate coal, the officers must record the reasons. The review will cover the operation of vibrating grizzly feeders, or VGFs, and identify any reported jams that may be obstructing the movement of coal into bunkers.
Pending works assigned to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited will form another part of the exercise. The officers will examine the status of those works, along with the time taken to unload coal rakes and the turnaround time for returning them. The government has also asked them to identify how the unloading and turnaround process can be improved.
The final operational question is whether all four units are achieving full generation. Where generation is lower than expected, the officers are required to document the reasons for the loss. The review will therefore bring together coal supply, handling equipment, rake logistics, pending works and unit-level generation performance in a single assessment.
The officers’ reports are expected to provide the state government with an operational account of the Yadadri plant during the October 15-30 review period. The source report did not specify the plant’s current generation level, the quantum of any reported shortfall or the government’s next action after the inspection.
