LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, Feb.12: Despite prioritization of coal to the power sector and facing other challenges, CIL at 101.7 MTs till January of the financial year 2021-22 supplied 97% of the same period last year’s quantity to non-power sector (NPS) customers.
A press statement issued by the coal company today informed media persons.
“Coal India Limited (CIL) is currently supplying around 3.4 lakh tonnes of coal per day to the non-power sector (NPS) which is the company’s average supply to this segment. With more than 37 million tonnes (MTs) of coal at its pitheads CIL aims to further step up supplies to this sector. CIL’s Jharkhand based subsidiaries, including Central Coalfields Ltd are also supplying coal to NPS,” reads the statement.
“CIL’s despatch to NPS during April-January FY ’22 at 101.7 million tonnes (MTs) was up by 8.2 percent compared to 94 MTs in the corresponding period of a standard pandemic free FY’20. For a comparable period of even FY ’19, when CIL recorded the highest ever total coal despatch since its inception, supply to the NPS sector grew by 11 percent over 91.5 MTs. Growth in supplies to NPS customers was at a higher rate than the supplies to the power sector during this period,” the statement further reads.
The statement suggests that on April 20-January 21 dispatch to the NPS segment at 105 MTs was higher by a little over 3 MTs compared to the same period of FY’22.
