Dr. M.P. Narayanan Vice Chairman World Mining Congress, in a statement at ongoing Coal conference in Delhi said, India should look for other option to import coal like US, and Colombia. He also stated coal mafia is a major concern in infrastructure development in India esp Railway, so our focus should look into this concern to solve the issue.
India is hungry for coal and domestically there is neither the quantity nor the quality to feed the country's needs. The situation is exacerbated because coal consumption has soared in the construction (steel, cement) and power generation sectors. Given ongoing high demand, the problem is expected to become even more pressing.
Following China's example, India is seeking new and distant coal locations in the US, Colombia and Russia to add to supplies from Indonesia, Australia and South Africa, the usual sources of the recent past. It is expected that American and Colombian coal will be shipped to India before the end of the year. China, paving the way, has imported several million tons of coal from Colombia this year. The Chinese generally blaze the coal import trail for India to follow. This is a routine that is already happening in South Africa.
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