Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Saturday demanded the Centre reduce cost of power production by bringing in changes in the way coal allocations are made.

The chief minister said he would take up the issue with the newly formed government at the Centre soon, according to a release from his office Saturday night. After visiting the power plant being built by NTPC at Ramagundam in the state Saturday evening, Rao held a meeting with officials. He said additional 2,000 MW of power be supplied from NTPC to Telangana in view of growing demand.