Tamil Nadu is in the grip of a power crisis as a result of poor planning and delayed coal shipments.

As the peak summer season approaches, Tamil Nadu will experience its first power outage in six years as a result of poor planning and delays in coal sourcing by the state’s electrical utility.

Under pressure from the Opposition and customers, Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 22, blaming the railroads for the state’s power shortages.

Despite the fact that “coal production is sufficient to meet the increasing summer demand for power,” Stalin wrote in his letter, “the same is not being transported to ports due to a shortage of rakes by Railways.”