In the backdrop of robust demand for coal, the Government has asked CIl to ramp up the production and dispatch to 2 million tonnes per day against around 1.6 MT at present, a top official said. The direction to Coal India (CIl) comes at a time when the power plants in the country have low fuel stocks.
“Coal demand is robust......I have asked Coal India (CIl) to start dispatching and producing 2 million tonnes (MT) per day. Currently, they are doing about 1.6 MT of dispatch. So, the goal for Coal India is to produce 2 MT per day, dispatch 2 MT per day against the current 1.6. MT,” Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar told PTI.
Kumar also exuded confidence that the PSU would be able to achieve the goal as the monsoons were over and added that “it cannot happen overnight but they have to do it”. The dispatch of coal to the power sector in the month of August has been 14.4 per cent higher compared to the same month last year, and 22 per cent higher in September as against the same month last year, Kumar said.