Odisha CM's Intervention Sought On Coal Supply To Industries

Since August 2021, the CPPs are getting just 40-50 per cent of the required coal supplies, creating a backlog of over 1,500 coal rakes, since most of the available coal rakes are being diverted away from CPPs, he said.

Odisha CM's Intervention Sought On Coal Supply To Industries

The Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) has sought intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for adequate supply of coal to local captive power plant (CPP)-based industries.

In a letter to the Chief Minister, OASME secretary general Satwik Swain said: "Despite the untiring efforts of the government to support the industry, the continuing coal shortage due to stoppage/curtailment of coal supplies and rakes has threatened the very survival of local industries with the risk of loss of lakhs of livelihood and closure of thousands of MSMEs in the state."