PATIALA After a gap of eight years, Punjab will receive the first railway rake of coal from the Pachwara coal mine which was allotted by the Union government to the state. This will help the state save ₹1000 cr approximately every year and end dependence upon the limited supply of coal from Coal India Limited.
Punjab will get 7 lakh million tons of coal per annum from this mine. About 70,000 metric tons of coal has already been mined, to date.
With the operationalization of this mine, PSPCL will not have to purchase imported coal, saving the state hundreds of crores of rupees per annum. Last year, PSPCL spent ₹520 cr on the import of coal.
