Coal major Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is staring at a storage problem as coal sale has reduced during the nationwide lockdown.
The gravity of the problem can be assumed from the fact that the coal stocks of around 45 active mines of the BCCL have touched 29.5 lakh tonnes.
The BCCL’s total storage capacity at its collieries is 30 lakh tonnes. The Coal India subsidiary company has also reduced production by around 25 to 30 per cent. Of the production target of 80,000 tonnes per day only 60,000 tonnes is being produced during the lockdown. Coal at present is primarily being sent only to the power plants.
