Kolkata, Dec 1 (PTI) The Railways and Coal India Ltdhave surpassed their own record by loading 257 freight rakesof coal to meet the demand of power plants.
"Coal India and Railways achieved loading of 257 rakestoday to push more coal to power plants," Coal India director(marketing) S N Prasad told PTI yesterday.
The two entities loaded 250 rakes a few days back.
Loading coal in more than 250 rakes is really achallenging task but both are successful in doing so, headded.
Coal India and Railways had a target of 244 rakes butit had to be revised due to the sudden rise in coal demandfrom thermal power plants owing to drop in nuclear and hydelpower.
Prasad said that recently, a secretary-level meetingwas held on coal supply to power plants with CIL and Railways.
About 90 per cent of rakes are meant for power plants.
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