Ministry of Coal

Status of Coal Despatch by Coal India Limited (CIL) to Power Sector as on 14th September 2017

Posted On: 16 SEP 2017 7:02PM by PIB Bhubaneshwar

·On 14/09/2017, the total coal despatch of Coal India Limited was1.54 MT

·The total coal despatch on 14/09/2017 to power sector was about 1.25MT.

·A total of 222.4 railway rakes of coal were despatched to different consumers out of which214.5railway rakes were despatched to power sector alone.

·The despatch to power sector was around 20% more as compared to the same period of September 2016.

·The pit head stock at CIL coal mines was 33.44 MT.

·The numbers of power plants in critical and super critical category were 4&12 respectively.



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