Tata Power has temporarily stopped 4 of its power generation units at Mundra UMPP after a major fire broke out at the plant on 14th Nov. Tata Power in a mail to confirmed saying that, they have stopped the generation from CGPL, coastal Gujarat power limited, the company that operates, mundra UMPP, since a fire had occurred in conveyor gallery.
The coal feeding conveyor 4A and 4B were partly impacted. Tata Power has confirmed that the generation which is stopped is expected to start from Nov 24 onwards progressively, and full restoration of the station is likely by Dec 3rd.Company sources say that, the fire broke out at 4.30 am on November 14 when the Mundra plant was generating 3,040 Mw from four units.
Unit No. 2 was under shut down for the inspection of generator and transformer earlier itself. While, most of the damage is expected to be insured, analysts say that CGPL is expected to incur generational losses of 912 million units amounting to around 206 cr rupees. Even states like Gujarat, Mahrashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, which draw power from Mundra UMPP are expected to face significant generational losses.
According to experts, Gujarat, which has 47.5 per cent share in the drawal of power from the Mundra UMPP, will have a generation loss of 433 million units followed by Maharashtra, which has 20 per cent share at 180 million units; Punjab, with 15 per cent share at 114 million units; and Harayana and Rajasthan, both 10 per cent share at 91 million units each.
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