Coal India’s arm ECL’s underground mines to remain shut on Sundays, holidays

Kolkata: Production at almost all underground coal mines of Coal India subsidiary Eastern Coalfields will be suspended on Sundays and holidays following continued financial loses, the company has said in an internal note.
The note, reviewed by ET, said in view of losses in the last three months, it has been decided to curtail wasteful expenditures.

As part of the drive, underground mines will be allowed to work on Sundays and holidays only if their output per man shift (OMS), that is average production by each worker in the mine, has been at least one tonne in the preceding week. OMS is calculated by dividing total pro