Western Coalfields Ltd has launched a roadmap to make its contribution to the ambitious 1 billion-ton target of the parent company Coal India more than 75 million tons of output by FY. The Roadmap, Mission 100 Days, began on Monday, 20 March 2020.
In a tweet Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) said, "Our #CoalWarriors are committed to defeat corona & energize India relentlessly.
WCL kick-started #Mission100Days roadmap on 20.04.2020 prioritising initiatives for achieving beyond 75 MT coal production by FY 2023-24 as its contribution towards ambitious 1BT target of Coal India."
WCL achieved an output of 57.64 million tonnes (MT) in FY2019-20, surpassing the target of 56 MT.
WCL has "surpassed its coal production target of 2019-20 by a comfortable margin and has also registered the highest ever production in a single day on 31st March, 2020 amidst lockdown due to COVID-19," the company had said in a statement.
The company registered its highest ever single day production of 5.02 lakh tonne on March 31, 2020.
WCL registered a growth of 8.4 per cent, which is highest among all subsidiaries of CIL, the statement added. The company has a target of 62 MT for the year 2020-21.
