Hard coke factories in Dhanbad face crisis
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.
