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10 of 20Mr. A.K. Singhal: Thank you.Moderator: Thank you Mr. Karthik. We have our next question from Mr. Prasad fromHSBC, Mr. Prasad please go ahead.Mr. Prasad: Good afternoon sir.Mr. A.K. Singhal: Good afternoon.Mr. Prasad: My first question is the capacity addition during this first 10 months ofFY2008 sir.Mr. A.K. Singhal: We have commissioned 500 megawatt and 740 megawatt at Dabholso total of 1240 megawatt.Mr. Prasad: 1240, okay Sipat of 500 and …Mr. A.K. Singhal: Sipat of 500 and 740 at Dabhol.Mr. Prasad: And how much is expected in next two months.Mr. A.K. Singhal: 1250 MW during the last quarter 2490 MW for the year 2007-08.Mr. Prasad: Okay. And how is, I mean if we are firing our plant at 93% or 91% howare we getting linkage from the Coal India Ltd. beyond 85%. Are we importing any coalto fire them to achieve such a high PLF level.Mr. A.K. Singhal: We imported a very small quantity, about 1.1 million metric ton ofcoal. I have given the detail while I was talking about the coal stock. I said that out of89.576 million metric ton of coal 1.742 million metric ton is of imported coal.Mr. Prasad: Okay and how is your coal situation in various plants because as we cansee in the 6 plants, the coal stock is at critical level.Mr. A.K. Singhal: Coal Stock is satisfactory. For one or two days, it maybe critical butwe are taking care of that coal stock and it will remain satisfactory.Mr. Prasad: Okay so coal stock is as comfortable level as of now for all.Mr. A.K. Singhal: Yes actually we keep on reviewing the stock situation on day-to-daybasis and since majority of these stations are captive there is no problem of low stock.Mr. Prasad: Do we buy some coal through eBooking or ---Mr. A.K. Singhal: No we are not buying any coal through eBooking.