The government has asked Coal India Ltd (CIL) to
liquidate stocks lying at pitheads to the maximum possible.
As on April 1, approximately 70 million tonnes (MT) of coal
of CIL and its subsidiaries was accumulated at pitheads.
CIL had reported that the major reasons for the
accumulation of pithead stocks were law and order problems in Jharkhand and
Orissa, constraints in transportation of coal from pitheads to railway sidings
and the lesser availability of railway in third and fourth quarter of last
fiscal.
However, the Minister of State for coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil said coal
firms have been asked to improve their transportation facilities for evacuation
of coal from the pitheads to the railway sidings since June 1.
“The concerned state governments have also been requested to improve the
law and order situation to improve the evacuation of coal,” the minister
added.
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