As India grapples with shortage of coal, the Public Sector Maharatna company, Coal India Ltd has assured the government of its efforts to increase coal availability to the users by 28 million tonnes. According to official sources, Coal India will try to lift 28 million tonnes of coal from pithead. CIL, which accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic production, has been facing problems of coal evacuation due to the shortage of railway rakes. Coal Ministry had recently warned that coal shortage in India is likley to be more than double in the next five years from 125 million tonnes now.