Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Union Coal Minister Piyush Goel will Meet Coal Trade Union which are on strike on Wednesday on 11 am at Sharamshakti Bhawan.
Goyal had called the meeting on Saturday, but the unions boycotted it.
The strike call comes at a time when the country is grappling with fuel shortages with thermal power plants facing significant coal shortages.
As per latest data from the CEA, 41 thermal power plants have coal available for less than seven days as on December 30.
Earlier, the proposed strike by Coal India workers on November 24 was deferred after a meeting between Coal Ministry officials and trade union representatives.
Coal India, which is the world’s largest dry-fuel miner accounts for 80 per cent of the domestic production.
With Agency Inputs
