Media has reported in the first week of September that around 36 plants around the country including private players like Reliance Power, GMR and Hindustan Power have coal stock of less than four days. According to Ministry of Coal, as on 16th September 2017, the number of power plants in critical and supercritical category was 4 & 12, respectively. Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has recently assured that the supply of coal will be resolved soon as the government is taking urgent measures to resolve the supply issues.