Ministry of Coal

Status of Coal Despatch by Coal India Limited (CIL) to Power Sector on 17th September 2017

Posted On: 19 SEP 2017 8:47PM by PIB Bhubaneshwar

·         On 17.09.2017, the total daily coal despatch of Coal India Limited was 1.00 MT

·         Out of the total daily coal despatch, despatch to power sector was about 0.88 MT & rest 0.12MT was despatched to non regulated sector.

·         On 17.09.2017, a total of 161.5 railway rakes of coal were despatched to different consumers out of which 146 railway rakes were despatched to power sector alone.

·         The despatch to power sector through rail is around 20% more as compared to 17th September 2016.

·         As on 17.09.2017 the pit head stock at CIL coal mines was 33.01 MT.

·         On 17.09.2017, the number of power plants in critical and super critical category was 8 & 9, respectively.

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