Growth of 8% in Coal Supply to Power Sector, Coal stock in power plants Increase by 35.6%
Friday - January 25, 2019 2:41 pm ,
Category : BUSINESS
New Delhi, Jan 25 2019 (WTN): Ministry of Coal has been in a constant endeavor to maintain coal stock at sufficient level and increase coal supply to meet energy need of the country. Coal India Ltd. has supplied 389.63 MT coal to power sector during current year (up to 22ndJanuary 2019) registering a growth of 8% over the same period of last year.
Railway rake loading of CIL including loadings from washery & Good-Shed siding has increased by 8% during current year as compared to the same period last year.
As on 22ndJanuary 2019 power plants are having 18.663 MT coal stock sufficient for 11 days. Last year on the same date (22nd Jan 2018) it was 13.759 MT coal stocks which were sufficient for 9 days. There has been an increase of 35.6% in coal stock at the power plants as compared to the same period of last year.
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