CIL stepped up coal supply to meet increased demand of power sector: Joshi
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said state-owned CIL has stepped up fuel supply to meet the increased demand of the power sector and arrest shortages at thermal power plants caused due to rising cost of imported coal.
The remarks by Joshi, who is on a three-day visit to Odisha, come at a time when the country’s power plants are grappling with coal shortages.
“Coal production and despatch have now increased and we are supplying about 2.2 million tonnes coal in a day to the power plants, which is itself a record,” Joshi was quoted as saying in a statement by Coal India arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL).
