Ensure uninterrupted coal supplies: AAI urges CIL

New Delhi: The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has sought the intervention of state-owned CIL with regard to resumption of un-interrupted coal supplies and rakes for aluminium industry captive power plants (CPPs) which are facing alarmingly depleted stocks of dry fuel of three to four days as compared to the prescribed level of 15 days.

In a letter on Tuesday to Coal India chairman, the AAI said that with untiring efforts of CIL and its subsidiaries, the situation of power Sector has now improved significantly with 9-10 days' stocks from as 3-4 days in August-September last year.

However, this has come at an enormous cost to the CPPs and the worst impacted is the aluminium industry, which continues to struggle to get un-interrupted coal supplies, resulting a backlog of over 1,200 coal rakes, it said adding that most of the available coal and rakes are being diverted away to the power sector as 'priority coal supplies'.