Govt making efforts to meet gencos’ coal demand, trying to raise supply to 2 MT per day: Coal Minister Joshi

Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said the government is making full efforts to meet the coal demand of power producers and stressed that steps are being taken to soon ramp up the dry-fuel supply to two million tonnes per day, from the current overall dispatch of 1.95 MT per day. “We at the ministry and Coal India Ltd (CIL) are making full efforts to meet the coal demand… Yesterday (Monday), we supplied around 1.95 million tonnes (MT) of coal. Around 1.6 million tonnes from CIL and the remaining from Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. All put together, 1.95 MT we have supplied,” the minister said.