Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said the country has sufficient availability of the dry fuel, with 72.50 million tonnes (MT) available at different sources and 22 MT at thermal power plants.
The minister asserted that available coal stocks will last for a month and availability is getting replenished on a daily basis with record production. Joshi said that at present 72.50 MT of coal is available at different sources of Coal India Ltd (CIL), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) and coal washeries among others.
According to the provisional data from the government, the total coal production last fiscal was at 777.23 MT as against 716 MT in FY21, recording a growth of 8.55 per cent, the Coal Ministry said in a statement.
