Coal supply by CIL to power sector drops over 8 pc to 253 MT in April-October
NEW DELHI: Supply of coal by state-owned CILNSE -4.73 % to the power sector registered a decline of 8.5 per cent to 253 million tonnes in the April-October period of this fiscal.
Fuel supply by Coal IndiaNSE 1.22 % in the year-ago period was 276.8 million tonnes (MT), according to official data.
The supply of coal to power sector by CIL in October dropped by 19.3 per cent to 33.8 MT, over 41.9 MT in October last fiscal.
With torrential rains hitting coal production, Coal India had said that it was keeping a close watch on the current situation to ensure smooth supplies to power plants.
CIL saw its output decline by 6 per cent to 241 MT in April-September on account of monsoon.
