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New Delhi, Sep 2 The Railway Ministry has stated that its rakes are lying idle in various zones due to “inadequate loading” by coal companies.

Instead of loading 195 rakes per day in August, Coal India Ltd (CIL) and its subsidiaries could manage to load only about 142 rakes per day, Railway stated in a release. Between April and July this year, CIL and its subsidiaries had also registered a shortfall of loading of 37 rakes per day.

Major shortfalls was also recorded at Central Coalfields Ltd, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd where 12 rakes, 20 rakes and 10 rakes respectively could not be loaded a day.

The Ministry has blamed coal companies for their inability to transport coal from pitheads to railway sidings.

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