Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday urged Union Minister for Coal Piyush Goyal to rush coal blocks for three thermal plants in the state, said an official.

"Kumaraswamy sought Goyal's intervention to rush coal blocks to Raichur, Ballari and Yarmarus thermal plants in the state's northwest region, as stocks were dwindling in them due to shortage," said a statement from the chief minister's office in Bengaluru.