Power generation remained in the slow lane last week with a sharp dip in generation over the previous week. The 7-day average generation during the week-ended October 24th (reported on October 25) was 5 per cent lower than the previous week and lowest in the last four months.

       This could be attributed to coal shortage that has forced any utilities to curtail electricity generation. The power utilities across the country generated 3673 million units (MUs) of electricity on average per day last week, down from 3861 MUs a week ago. Generation last week was however 2.6 per cent higher than ...