Topics Coal shortages | Coal India Limited | Railways
Dhruvaksh Saha & Shreya Jai | New Delhi Last Updated at May 19, 2022 06:10 IST
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Acute coal shortage, though being denied by the Centre, is now reflecting in its transport and logistics. All coal companies under national miner Coal India (CIL) are causing significant coal loading delays at the railway sidings, citing “shortage or poor availability of coal.” So far in May, 1,205 rakes allotted to the seven companies of CIL have incurred delays.
This is close to a third of CIL’s total loading. Cumulatively, coal companies have caused 227 hours of delay per day through all its mines and sidings during this month. Out of these, Central ...
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