As many as 94 hard coke factories here are reeling under an acute coal crisis for the last one month because of Coal India’s decision to supply through e-auction only.
Till June this year, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, used to supply coal to factories at a notified price under the fuel supply agreement (FSA). Procuring coal through e-auction will entail a higher cost.
A delegation of hard coke factory owners met chief minister Raghubar Das’s principal secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal on Saturday and requested him to intervene.
