Power plants in southern states, Maharashtra and UP may face fuel crisis as Coal India mines in Odisha, Maharashtra and parts of Jharkhand have come to a grinding halt.
The Dhanbad-based Bharat Coking Coal (BCCL) that produced 10 per cent of normal daily average on Tuesday (January 6) has come to a halt on the second day of the strike Wednesday.
Operations were stalled at Sambalpur based Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL) and Nagpur-based Western Coalfields (WCL) since Tuesday. Of the three, MCL is the largest, catering to nearly 23-24 per cent of annual production of CIL.
However, the ongoing strike had limited effects on Bilaspur-based South Eastern Coalfields (SECL). According to sources, the large Gevra and Deepka mines at Korbal were operating almost at full swing.
On Tuesday SECL produced approximately 2.95 lakh tonne of coal which is three-fourth of its average daily production in December. The Ranchi Central Coalfields and Singrauli based Northern Coalfields (NCL) also produced at 63 per cent of normal.
Together these three subsidiaries contributed close to 88 per cent of CIL production of 0.64 million tonne on January 6. The CIL production daily production was ruling at approximately 42 per cent of the daily average of 1.5 million tonne in December.
The details of Wednesday’s production is not yet available.