
Coal supplies up 50% to Tamil Nadu power plants this year
The Hindu
Coal India Limited sent 15.08 million tonnes till November, as against 10.09 million tonnes in the same period last year
Coal India Limited (CIL) has supplied 15.08 million tonnes of coal till November this year to the power plants in Tamil Nadu, up 50% from 10.09 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Union Minister of Coal Pralhad Joshi gave this information in a written reply to a question raised by DMK member N.R. Elango in the Rajya Sabha.
To maximize supplies to the power plants of Tangedco, a State power utility, CIL had shifted the linkage quantity of 1.825 million tonnes to its subsidiary, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in Odisha, from Eastern Coalfields Limited, West Bengal. This would help Tangedco get more coal from a nearby location, Mr. Joshi said.