The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, created a history by despatching the highest ever 5,17,448 tonne coal to consumers in a single day on Wednesday.
The day witnessed MCL despatching to consumers 92 rakes — Ib Valley (42) and Talcher (50) – a record in the history of the company.
The series of new milestones were achieved by various units of the company, like highest 22 rakes despatched by Lakhanpur Area, despatch of 31,106 tonnes (10 MGR rakes) to OPGC with a single platform of lower capacity; record despatch of 1,00,796 tonne by Basundhara Area and highest ever despatch of 11 rakes from Hingula Area.
MCL Chairman-cum-Managing Director BN Shukla complimented the teams involved in achieving record despatch for the company.
