Kolkata | March 30, 2015: Production at the 70-million- tonne per annum Talcher coalfields of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), Odisha came to a halt this morning, courtesy a turf war between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP and the State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s BJD.

MCL contributes nearly one-fourth of Coal India’s annual production, with Talcher generating two-thirds of MCL’s output.

The stoppage comes at a time when the mine was producing nearly 3 lakh tonnes a day to help CIL to produce approximately 493 million tonnes this fiscal.

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(Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/)