Coal India scales up fuel supply to power plants to 1.51 MT per day
State-owned CIL on Monday said it has scaled up the supply of coal to power utilities across the country to 1.51 million tonnes (MT) per day during the past four days of the current month, and stressed that it is building up adequate evacuation logistics to transport the dry fuel.
The development assumes significance in the wake of reports that warned of a power crisis looming large due to the coal shortage in the country.
“With calls for more coal gaining tempo, Coal India Ltd (CIL), amid renewed urgency, scaled up supplies to power utilities of the country to 1.51 million tonnes (MT) per day during the past four days of October ahead of the festival,” it said.
