Neyveli lignite Corporation limited, during the first quarter of 2013–14 (April to June), produced 66.36 lakh tonnes of lignite as against the Target of 65.60 lakh tonnes, which resulted in a growth of 6.4 per cent over the corresponding period of previous year . The overburden removal resulted a growth of 24.46 per cent, by removing 451.16 lakh Cubic Metres as against the Target of 412.75 lakh Cubic Metres.
The growth in Power generation was 6.44 per cent by generating 5377.51Million Units as against the target of 4850 Million Units. TPS-I Expn ( 420MW) has generated 920.91MU during this quarter, which is the highest power generation in any Quarter since inception of this plant.
During the Month of June 2013the production targets were achieved in all areas. Overburden removal during June 2013 was 150.13 lakh Cubic Metres as against the target of 136.95 lakh Cubic Metres, resulting in 13.09 per cent growth over June 2012. lignite production was 22.28 lakh Tonnes as against the target of 22.15 lakh Tonnes resulting in 4.95 per cent growth. The power generation during the month of June 2013 has also shown a growth of 6.12 per cent by generating 1726.13 MU as against 1605 Million Units.