Ministry of Coal
Status of Coal Despatch by Coal India Limited (CIL) to Power Sector as on 16th September 2017
Posted On:
18 SEP 2017 7:26PM by PIB Bhubaneshwar
· On 16/09/2017, the total coal despatch of Coal India Limited was 1.49 MT
· The total Coal despatch on 16/09/2017 to power sector was about 1.16MT.
· A total of 213.5 railway rakes of coal were despatched to different consumers out of which 196 railway rakes were despatched to power sector alone.
· The despatch to power sector through rail is around 20% more as compared to the same period of September 2016.
· The pit head stock at CIL coal mines was 33.18 MT.
· The number of power plants in critical and super critical category was 4 & 12, respectively.
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