Coal India on Tuesday said it has adopted a raft of measures to step up coal supply to power plants, with a searing heatwave across northern India triggering a power crisis across many states.
The PSU miner said it has allocated 8.75 million tonnes (mt) of coal to state and central power generating companies till May 31 for transportation through road and rail — of this 3.25mt has not been picked up by the power companies in the earlier rounds and 5.5mt the new offer.
Supplies to power plants has risen 14.2 per cent in the first half of April compared with the same period a year ago.
