NEW DELHI: The India Railways has added 35-40 new rakes for transporting coal in the past 3-4 days as government has stepped up efforts to increase coal availability for electricity production.
Railway board chairman Suneet Sharma said they are ready to meet any requirement for coal supply.
“We have daily meeting of all the agencies concerned and every issue is addressed.
The whole of government is working. We utilised 470 rakes for transport of coal on Wednesday,” Sharma said. He added that nearly 45% of all the commodities transported by rail is only coal and they have increased the loading and unloading of coal this year.
The official data on cargo transported by the railways till Wednesday shows a steep rise in coal shipments. During the current financial year, railways has utilised 82,522 rakes to unload 333 million tonnes of coal, which is 35% more than the coal moved during the same period last year.