Coal India arm Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) on Thursday stated it has recorded 112 per cent enhance in manufacturing at 4.84 million tonne (mt) in April. The Jharkhand-based subsidiary had recorded 2.28 mt
coal output in April 2020, it stated in a press release. “Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL), a Jharkhand-based arm
of Coal India Ltd, has registered unprecedented growth of 112 percent in coal production (4.84 Million Tonnes) in April 2021 against April 2020 (2.28 Million Tonnes),” the corporate stated. As far as coal offtake was involved, the arm stated it recorded a 122 per cent enhance in April 2021 to six.56 mt in opposition to 2.96 mt within the corresponding month of the earlier fiscal.
CCL CMD PM Prasad has requested officers to work intently with the state authorities and district administration to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. He has additionally directed to extend COVID care services on battle footing to the extent potential and undertake COVID applicable behaviour resembling social distancing, masking and vaccination, the assertion stated.
CCL has mining operations in Chatra, Latehar, Ramgarh, Hazaribag, Bokaro, Ranchi, Giridih and Palamu districts of Jharkhand. The firm stated that to fight the lethal surge of the second wave, CCL hospitals — Gandhinagar, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Dakra, Rajrappa and Dhori — with 295 beds are serving as COVID services in coordination with the district administrations and offering free remedy.