Coalmining operations resumed to normal at mines in Ib Valley coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Wednesday.
However, complete normalcy failed to return as coal production in Talcher suffered during the general shift as contractors’ labours went on strike again.
With the day-long bandh of Tuesday, the negative growth of company over last financial year today plunged down from 0.87 per cent to 1.3 per cent. MCL could produce only 3,349 tonne as against an average of 4.6 lakh tonne a day during the past one week.
Having an ambitious target of 162.5 MT for the current fiscal, the company had planned for a record production of 100 MT from Talcher coalfields alone to achieve the target, with rest coming from mines in Ib Valley coalfields.
However, major setback in Ib Valley coalfields was from the 21 MT capacity Lakhanpur OCP, which suffered the stoppage for more than a week up to the third quarter, resulting 0.4 million tonne less production. Similarly, 13.7 MT Kulda OCP suffered working hour loss to the tune of more than five days, while its adjacent 2 MT Basundhara (West) suffered working hour loss of 14 days.