Bihar govt clears NTPC arrears

Power Ministry officials told The Indian Express that NTPC would stop regulating their supplies and would provide the state their due share from NTPC.

In fact, after paying the arrears, sources said that the CM also sought an additional 200 MW of power from the central pool, which would further ease the demand supply mismatch in the state.

After the meet, Nitish Kumar told reporters that Bihar8217;s power scenario was grim and was dependent on public sector undertakings especially NTPC. On account of this dependence on central supplies, he said the situation had worsened after NTPC reduced supplies. As against a demand of 1300 MW, the state is able to garner only 700 MW of power each day from all available sources.