CIL's coal supply to power sector rises 16% in April
The Hindu
PSU plans to augment dispatches further
Coal India Ltd. (CIL) on Monday said coal supply to the power sector rose 15.6% to 49.7 million tonnes last month in the wake of high demand for the dry fuel from electricity generating plants. It stressed that it was planning to augment its dispatches further, especially to power plants in the coming months.
The statement comes at a time when several parts of the country are grappling with a power crisis.
"With the intense demand for coal continuing unabated driven by an upward spiral in electricity generation, CIL pushed up its supplies to power plants of the country to 49.7 million tonnes (MT) in April 2022. This is 6.7 MT more supply compared to April 2021," the maharatna firm said.
With higher output, CIL is aiming to increase its dispatches further, especially to power plants in the coming months.
Coal India, which accounts for more than 80% of domestic coal output, is one of the major suppliers of the fossil fuel to the power sector.
On an average, the PSU supplied 1.66 MT of coal per day to power utilities in April which increased to 1.73 MT during last week. Average supply per day is at par with what was programmed by CIL for this sector during the first quarter of FY23.
Coal production also rose 27.6% to 53.5 MT last month from a year earlier.
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