Coal supply by Coal India to power sector jumps 23% y-o-y in Oct

State-owned CIL on Monday said the supply of coal to power producers registered a 23 per cent y-o-y jump to 48.2 million tonnes (MT) in October, in view of concentrated efforts to consolidate dwindling stock of the dry fuel at electricity-generating utilities of the country.

The development assumes significance in view of the country’s power plants grappling with fuel shortages.

“CIL (Coal India Ltd) scaled up its supplies to an all-time month’s high of 48.2 MT in October 2021 clocking a year-on-year (y-o-y) 23 per cent growth,” the state-owned company said in a statement.

In comparison, despatch to coal-fired power plants during October 2020 had stood at 39.2 MT.