The annual coal movement plan of Ministry of Coal for various modes is prepared coal company-wise for overall dispatch and not State-wise. Actual mode-wise dispatch figures are also maintained accordingly. While the actual figures of mode-wisedespatches during 2011-12 are not yet available, the pithead dispatches of raw coal by different modes during 2009-10 and 2010-11 are as below:
Year | Rail (%) | Road(%) | MGR (%) | Ropeway,Belt(%) | Others | Total Dispatch (in MillionTonnes) (MT) |
2009-10 | 226.062 MT (44.00%) | 159.217 MT (30.99%) | 97.315 MT (18.94%) | 30.696 MT (5.97%) | 0.502 MT (0.10%) | 513.792 |
2010-11 | 239.121 MT (45.68%) | 161.157 MT (30.79%) | 89.972 MT (17.19%) | 29.762 MT (5.69%) | 3.453 MT (0.66%) | 523.465 |
This information was gien by the Minister of State for Coal Shri Pratik Prakshbapu Patil in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
