Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Thursday said that short supply of
wagons was hampering its ability to supply coal to different power stations.
While climatic conditions, primarily heavy rainfall in August and September,
affected supply to thermal power stations, coal supply improved to daily requirement
levels in the following months.
According to a company release, CIL said that it was
prepared to load 200 rakes daily, of which 155 rakes could be used for supply
to power stations. However, the company is currently faced with a short supply
of wagons. Instead of 200 rakes, it gets an average of 186 rakes of which 148
are sent to the power stations.
“The percentage materialisation of coal supply to the power
stations against the commitment as per Fuel Supply Agreement/ MoUs in the
months of October, November, December have been 88 per cent, 96 per cent and
103 per cent. The percentage growth in power generation compared to the same
period till November lat year has been 8.8 per cent,” the company said in a
release.
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