The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) incurred a loss of about Rs 2.5 crore till Tuesday evening due to stoppage of coal supply to power plants from the Ananta Railway Sidings No. 5 & 6 by the villagers of Kandhaberni at the Talcher Coalfields in Angul district. The movement of coal rakes was forcibly stopped by residents of Kandhaberni who demanded a supervisor’s job for one Babuli Sahoo in a private firm engaged by MCL mining operations.
Coal supply operations from the Ananta Sidings were totally paralysed since afternoon. The MCL immediately lodged a police complaint seeking assistance to resume coal supply.
Sporadic incidents of illegal stoppage by villagers in Talcher coalfields have adversely affected coal production.
