CIL’s supply to power sector up 16% in Apr; to augment dispatches further
State-owned CIL on Monday said coal supply to the power sector rose 15.6 per cent to 49.7 million tonne last month in the wake of high demand of the dry fuel from electricity generating plants and stressed that it is planning to augment its dispatches further, especially to power plants in the coming months.
The statement comes at a time when several parts of the country are grappling with power crisis.
“With the intense demand for coal continuing unabated driven by an upward spiral in the electricity generation, CIL (Coal India) pushed up its supplies to power plants of the country to 49.7 million tonnes (MT) in April’22. This is 6.7 MT more supply compared to April’21 when the power sector’s dispatch was 43 MTs,” the maharatna firm said.
