Coal production and supply was crippled at Talcher Coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Odisha’s Angul district for the seventh day on Tuesday due to agitation by activists of a political party after a mishap at mine last week, officials said.
Talcher coalfields on an average produce 2.1 lakh tonne of coal per day. Production came to a grinding halt from July 24 evening following the accident at Bharatpur Open Cast Project (OCP) in which four workers were killed and nine injured, an MCL Spokesperson said.
While the total loss of production and despatch of coal due to work stoppage is estimated over 12 lakh tonne, the quantum loss to the company till today (Tuesday) has been estimated at Rs 128.32 crore and total loss to the state and Central exchequer is estimated to be around Rs 83.06 crore, the spokesperson claimed.
