Coal India’s operations slow down as employees test Covid-19 positive

With the second wave of Covid-19 affecting more than 5,400 Coal India (CIL) employees and their wards, including contractual workers across subsidiaries, operations have slowed down. However, offtake in April grew on the strength of a stockpile of above 99 million tonne.

The company has already set up over 3,000 Covid-19 beds, most of them oxygen supported, and plans to add 900, of which 60 will be ICU beds. More than 1,800 oxygen cylinders and 200 ventilators are ready. As many as 77,000 employees, their wards and contractual workers have been vaccinated till May 2 in an in-house drive.