| Rajya Sabha |
The Minister of State for Coal Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao provided information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, regarding subsidiary-wise coal production (Provisional) of Coal India Ltd. during first quarter of the current financial year (2007-08). The details are as under:
(In million tones)
| Company | Target | Actual | Shortfall |
| Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 7.466 | 5.621 | -1.845 |
| Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. | 5.765 | 5.510 | -0.255 |
| Central Coalfields Ltd. | 8.805 | 7.436 | -1.369 |
| Northern Coalfields Ltd. | 12.785 | 12.798 | +0.013 |
| Western Coalfields Ltd. | 10.602 | 9.916 | -0.686 |
| South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 20.918 | 20.576 | -0.342 |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. | 19.890 | 18.479 | -1.411 |
| North Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 0.360 | 0.235 | -0.125 |
| Total –Coal India Ltd. | 86.591 | 80.571 | -6.020 |
Dr. Rao told the House that production shortfall during first quarter of 2007-08 was reviewed subsidiary-wise and it was decided to mobilize all resources so that the shortfall is made good during second and third quarter of current financial year.
He pointed out that there is shortfall of 6.020 Mts. And mentioned the reasons for shortfall in coal production. These include unprecedented heavy rainfall in ECL, CCL and WCL, Breakdown of machineries in BCCL and MCL, Major maintenance/ overhauling of HEMM at CCL, Power failure in ECL, BCCL and CCL, Transportation/Economic blockage at CCL, Frequent disturbances by villagers (IR problem) in MCL and less exposure of coal due non-finalisation of OB removal contract in SECL.
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