Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Ministry of Railways to improve their operational arrangements so that required quantity of coal may be supplied to Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station, Birsinghpur and Satpura Thermal Power Stations smoothly. He has written a letter to the Minister for Railways, Laloo Prasad Yadav urging him to direct the railways officers to make available more racks to thermal power stations which are currently grappling with the crisis of coal supply shortage. The Chief Minister said that the state government is keeping a constant watch on improvement of arrangement for supply of coal by racks. Chouhan regretted that the railway officers are of the view that thermal power stations take longer time to empty wagons of coal due to which transportation of racks is disrupted. Giving factual position, the Chief Minister informed Yadav that a wagon is emptied in four-five hours at these stations. This period is far less than the period prescribed for this purpose. ' In his letter, Chouhan said that coal is supplied to Sarni Thermal Power Station through SECR from Darmi Khurd Mine of WCL, but the transportation of racks is badly affected due to improper operation of the route. He added that coal supply to these thermal power stations is being adversely affected due to lack of co-ordination between SECR and railways. Chouhan informed the railway minister that against the demand of six to seven racks daily, these stations are receiving only four racks because not more than four racks are being transported between Korba and Bilaspur and Anuppur and Katni. He said that coal companies are in a position to supply six to seven racks of coal daily but they are not able to do so due to non-availability of racks. The Chief Minister informed Yadav that 1340 MW capacity Birsinghpur thermal power station and 1142.5 MW capacity Sarni thermal Power station have been facing shortage of coal supply over the months. At present, only one or two day coal storage is available and power generation is being affected due to shortage of coal in these power stations.