Coal production was significantly affected in over 45 active underground and open-cast mines of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), both subsidiaries of Coal India, as departmental production through regular employees came to a halt during the first shift.
Production through contractual workers of private outsourcing companies like Oriental Structural Engineers in Katras and Dhansar Engineering Company in the Barora area of BCCL, however, continued with occasional disruptions by the arrival of trade union leaders to carry out protests in the collieries.
Coal dispatch through railway wagons also continued with various private companies operating in railway sidings of the BCCL carrying out the loading of coal.
