NTPC coal output rises 65 pc to 23 million tonnes
State-owned power giant NTPC on Sunday said its captive coal mines have register registered 65 percent year-on-year production growth to over 23 million tonnesin FY23. NTPC Ltd has recorded a coal production of 23.2 million tonnes in FY23, witnessing a 65 percent growth against 14.02 million tonnes a year ago from its four operational coal mines -- TPC Pakri-Barwadih (Jharkhand), NTPC Chatti Baria (Jharkhand), NTPC Dulanga (Odisha) and NTPC Talaipalli (Chhattisgarh), a company statement said.
NTPC has also achieved the highest-ever annual overburden removal of 73.0 million cubic metres, representing 129 percent growth compared to 31.9 million cubic meters of overburden removal in the previous fiscal.
NTPC management lauded the role of the power ministry, coal ministry and state state governments, among others, for their support to its coal mining in enhancing production and dispatching 21.9 million tonnes of good quality coal toto NTPC power plants with a phenomenal year-on-year growth of 48 per cent over coal dispatch of 14.8 million tonnes in the previous fiscal.
Source: auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com
