Coal India-arm Mahanadi Coalfields dispatches over 85 rakes to power plants

NEW DELHI: State-owned CIL’s arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) despatched a total of 85 rakes of coal to power plants on Monday, as against a target of 84 rakes, according to a statement. The development assumes significance in the wake of the power plants across the country grappling with coal shortages.

“MCL despatched an overall 85 rakes of coal to the power plants, as against a target of 84 rakes,” the Coal India Ltd (CIL) arm said in the statement. Raising the bar in supply of coal to the power plants, MCL on Monday despatched over half-a-million tonne coal to the consumers from its mines in Odisha, the statement said.