State-run miner Coal India on Monday said its supplies to thermal power plants shot up close to 6% year-on-year to 23.5 million tonnes (MT) during the first fortnight of October, ahead of the festive season.
Comparatively, the supplies to the power plants stood at 22.2 MT in the same period of October 2022.
“The growth was posted at a time of sudden surge in power demand and even as unseasonal rains hit hard the operations in coal bearing areas of CIL’s subsidiaries in the eastern region of the country. Chattishgarh-based SECL (South Eastern Coalfields) also bore the brunt of the inclement weather,” Coal India said in a stock exchange filing.
