Coal supply to the power sector by state-owned CIL increased 15 per cent to 122.8 million tonnes (MT) during April-June of 2018-19 financial year, the company said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The increase in fuel supplies comes at a time when some regions, including the national capital, are facing power shortage due to fast depleting coal stockpiles at power plants. <\/p>\n
“In a major boost to the demand-driven power plants, CIL (Coal India Ltd) improved its supplies to power sector with a growth of 15.4 per cent, during first quarter, backed by a healthy 15 per cent growth in rake loading,” CIL said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Coal supplies to power plants during the reported quarter stood at 122.84 MT, up 15 per cent from April-June, 2017-18, it added.<\/p>\n
The company produced 136.87 MT of coal during April-June, 2018-19 as compared to 118.84 MT produced during the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n
Spurred by higher rake loading, overall coal offtake zoomed to 153.43 MT at the end of the reported quarter, up 11.7 per cent from the year-ago period, it said.<\/p>\n
Clearly, the focus is on higher coal output and increased supplies and there has been a consistent growth both in coal production and supplies to consumers during all the three months of the first quarter,” a senior company official said.<\/p>\n
The number of power stations having critical stock has come down from 30 at the beginning of the fiscal to 16 as of June-end.<\/p>\n
“Our aim is to shore up coal stocks at thermal power plants to the normative stock of 22 days requirement and see that the coal-fired power plants do not suffer for want of coal,” the company said.<\/p>\n
“We are pushing more coal into the system to the extent possible. Of the overall coal supplies of the company during April-June, supplies to power sector accounted for 80 per cent. We have also requested thermal power plants to perk up their coal stocks,” an official said.<\/p>\n
Merry-Go-Round (MGR) despatches which primarily serve NTPC plants registered a growth of 12 per cent during the April-June quarter.<\/p>\n
“With the enhanced supplies through MGR mode Uttar Pradesh-based plants Vindhyachal, Rihand and Shakti Nagar have built up comfortable stocks,” the company said.<\/p>\n
CIL loaded 217.04 rakes per day on average to the power sector during April-June against 189.9 rakes in same period of 2017-18, it said.<\/p>\n
“The growth is 14.9 per cent. Overall rake loading at 238.8 rakes per day during the reported quarter recorded a growth of 9.1 per cent against 218.9 rakes during same quarter last fiscal,” it said.<\/p>\n
Coal India accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal output.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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