NCL expects to achieve production, dipatch targets

Kolkata, Mar 8 () Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), asubsidiary of Coal India, is on track to meet its productionand dispatch target of 106.25 million tonne each in thecurrent fiscal, an official said on Sunday.

In the first shift of Saturday, the company has hit100-million-tonne mark for coal production and dispatch eachfor the current fiscal, NCL spokesperson said.

"Going by the production and dispatch figures, it isexpected that the company will achieve targets on or beforetime," the official said.

This comes at a time when Coal India is not expectedto meet its 660 million tonne production target for 2019-20fiscal.

NCL has become the third company of the country andsubsidiary of the coal behemoth to produce 100 million tonneof the dry fuel this fiscal.

The Coal India arm operates through its 10 highlymechanised mines with more than 1200 heavy earth movingmachines and adequate infrastructure. BSMBDC BDC