CIL to raise fuel stock at power plants to 22 days

KOLKATA: Coal IndiaNSE 2.13 % is hoping to increase fuel stocks at power plants to the prescribed level of 22 days, which requires 36 million tonnes to be stored at generating stations, a company executive said.

Following successive months of slowdown, the company has managed to raise average daily production from 1.27 million tonnes in October to 1.8 million tonnes now. This increased stocks at power plants by 64% since October to 28 million tonnes—enough for 17 days. It is almost double last year’s stock position, which stood at 14 million tonnes, barely usable for nine days.