Chennai, May 2 -- The Union Coal Ministry on Friday held a high level review meeting with the Tamil Nadu government to strengthen the energy security of the State.

The meeting, which took stock of the state's power demand and the availability of lignite and coal and to meet the peak load factor to meet the summer and monsoon seasons, was held between Vikram Dev Dutt, Secretary, Union Ministry of Coal, and N. Muruganandam, State Chief Secretary.

Other dignitaries present included Prasanna Kumar Motupalli, CMD, NLC India Limited, Sanjeev Kumar Kassi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Mukesh Choudhary, Director (Marketing), Coal India Limited and Dr. Alby John Varghese, IAS, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporati...