Coal India claims big cut in carbon emission

Kolkata: Coal India (CIL) has claimed that its efforts to minimise carbon emissions and environmental pollution through implementation of mechanised coal transportation and loading through coal handling plants (CHP)/Silos resulted in significant reduction of carbon-di-oxide emissions and other air pollutants. This was revealed in a first-of-its-kind pilot study sponsored by CIL in two of its opencast mines.

“In a bid to reduce emissions for a cleaner environment, CIL in a major step is switching over to mechanised transportation of coal through conveyor belts and loading by CHP/Silos under its first mile connectivity (FMC) initiative. In addition to 151 million tonne (MT) of coal currently transported through this means,