Harish Rao Disputes Telangana Government's Power Supply Claims
Former minister T Harish Rao has challenged Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka's claims on Telangana's power situation, citing plant outages at Yadadri, Bhadradri and Kothagudem, disputed coal allocation to Yadadri, and a ₹5,420 crore true-up charge on consumers. He alleged generation was only 89 million units against 140 million units capacity, and claimed Singareni tenders and an NTPC power offer were mishandled. The report does not independently verify these claims, which remain the former minister's allegations.
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Harish Rao (BRS) · read the original report ↗
Desk check · some claims need care
What the desk checked (5)
- Telangana had generation capacity of about 140 million units but only 89 million units were generated — Attributed to Harish Rao; source does not specify time period or whether this refers to installed or available capacity, so cannot be independently assessed.
- 3,000 MW at Yadadri, 540 MW at Bhadradri and 800 MW at Kothagudem were stopped — Attributed claim by Harish Rao; reason for stoppage and government confirmation not provided in source.
- A Union Coal Ministry letter dated Feb 15, 2018 allocated 14 million tonnes/year of coal to Yadadri plant, which the deputy CM denies exists — Disputed claim; source does not provide the actual communication, so neither side's position is verified.
- ₹5,420 crore true-up charge imposed on consumers due to Congress government's failure — The charge figure appears in source as cited by Harish Rao; attribution of blame to the government is a political claim, not independently confirmed.
- Government rejected an NTPC offer of 1,600 MW at lower cost — Unattributed to any document; no tariff, terms or government rebuttal provided in source.