Lok Sabha Question No. 1708 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Target of Coal India Limited
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Saikia Dilip, Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1708 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020

## TARGET OF COAL INDIA LIMITED

## 1708. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI DILIP SAIKIA: SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) whether Coal India Limited (CIL) is chasing a target of 660 million tonne stipulated in MoU and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  many  subsidiaries  of  CIL  have  taken  measures  to  keep  production  during  the monsoon months on an even level and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether CIL is facing problem in some of its subsidiary companies; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a):  MoU of the current financial year i.e. 2020-21 is not finalized.
- (b): All the subsidiaries of CIL have taken initiatives for continuing production of coal during the monsoon months, details of such initiatives are as under :-
1. Major monsoon activities such as preparation of sump of adequate capacity, cutting of garland drain around the periphery of mine to prevent inrush of water from outside mine boundary, cleaning of internal drains and approach road to pump/sumps.
2. Installation of pumps of desired capacity, where essential in open cast mines pumps have been installed over pontoons for smooth operation of pumps, laying of pipeline range, maintenance of O/H line & electrical appliances.
3. Major civil works/activities such as Haul road & Coal Transportation road repairing, Laying of Hume pipes as per requirement, cleaning of sidings & weighbridges on a regular basis during monsoon.
4. Establishment of Control rooms at company head quarter, as well as in all areas and units to function round the clock to deal with any eventuality arising during monsoon.
5. Prior to monsoon, all the electrical OH, distribution points, transformers/ transwitches, ACB/VCB/OCBs, earth systems, lighting arresters, switch gears, cable joints etc. are checked, repaired and maintained as a preventive measure for smooth and uninterrupted power supply to facilitate production during monsoon.
6. Dressing  of  trees  and  cleaning  of  bushes  along  the  corridor  of  the  over  line  to minimize the fault in power supply line.
7. Ensuring 100% availability of Road and Rail Weight Bridges.

(c)  and  (d):  Yes, subsidiary  companies  of  CIL  are  facing  problems related  to  following issues:

-  Law  and  order  issue  at  Magadh  and  Amrapali  Area.  Local  villagers  stopped  Coal Production and OBR from Amrapali OC for 7 days (20.08.2020 to 26.08.2020).
-  Due to nationwide lockdown because of COVID 19:-
-  Contractual  production  was  adversely  affected  due  to  shortage  of  manpower resulted in poor availability of Operators & Drivers.
-  Supply  of  spares  affected  due  to  restricted  interstate  transport  which  in  turn affected repair and maintenance works in the mines.
-  Downtime  of  the  machine  increased  due  to  non-availability  of  spares  and technical support.
-  Supply of explosives affected due to restriction in interstate movement.
-  Decrease in demand of coal due to demand of power by about 30% and shut down of  many  industries  in  non-power  sector  due  to  lockdown  further  impacted  the demand resulted in poor off take from CIL.
-  Delay in departmental HEMM supply like Dozers, Graders and Excavators etc.
-  Despatch by rail/road mode adversely affected.
-  In  addition  to  above,  lockdown  declared  in  the  State  by  Govt.  of  Chhattisgarh from 23.07.2020 to 31.07.2020, which was further extended upto 06.08.2020.
-  Strike  called  by  all  Central  Trade  Unions  on  2nd,  3rd and  4th July'2020  adversely affected production.
-  Cyclone  Amphan  affected  production  at  ECL,  BCCL  and  CCL  during  20th and 21st May'2020.
-  Incessant rainfall from 11th June'2020 affected Coal Production in all subsidiaries.

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