Coal ministry to cancel 5 NTPC blocks reserves of 3 bn tonnes
In a major setback to India’s largest power generator and Maharatna NTPC Ltd, the Union government announced it would cancel allocations of five of the eight blocks awarded to the company over the past seven years. The five blocks – Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu (South), Kerandari, Brahmani and Chichiro Patsimal – have combined geological......