Kolkata: Production suffered an average loss of 56 per cent per day due to a three-day strike by public sector company Coal India in protest against the government opening up the coal sector to private companies.
An official gave this information. Labor leaders of Coal India had earlier claimed that there was a significant reduction in coal production during the strike. The trade unions were on strike from Thursday to Saturday to protest the government’s move to open up the coal sector for commercial mining. The average production by Coal India in these three days was 5,73,000 tonnes per day, which is 44 per cent of the average production of the last 10 days (from 22 June to 1 July).
The Coal Ministry official said that production continued to take place even during the strike days, as around one lakh contract laborers are employed in Coal India. The official said that the maximum production took place on Tuesday in the three-day strike. The official said that CIL produced 6,83,000 tonnes of coal on Saturday, which is 53 per cent of the average of the previous 10 days. In the meantime, five trade unions in the coal sector have started connecting the people around the mining areas with themselves, so that public opinion can be drawn against the decision of the government.
