<span style="color: #222222;">Ministry of Railways has said that the coal loading for power houses is constantly being ramped up by Indian Railways as per the demand. It said, Indian Railways is fully committed to lift all the domestic coal that is brought to sidings and good sheds by the coal companies and Imported coal brought to the port by the Power generating companies.<br />''<br />''The Ministry in a statement said that during this month, the availability of rakes for Power sector had an upsurge with an average of 472 rakes per day. It said, both Coal Companies and Railways have envisaged to jointly ensure per day coal loading of 415 rakes of domestic coal and 30 rakes of imported coal to power sector. In the current month, loading of domestic coal for power house has been average of 409 rakes per day.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said, there has been an issue of frequent strike in coal bearing areas of Odisha which has impacted coal evacuation especially in Talcher area. However, Railways have kept 60 surplus empty rakes at pan-India level to maximise coal loading for power sector. The Ministry added that various operational efficiency measures have been taken to expedite evacuation of coal rakes.<br />''<br />''Besides, additional 100 rakes will be mobilized for coal loading in current financial year which would further improve the rake availability for power sector. The Ministry said, further, to cater to future demand for coal, Indian Railways has already started the procurement of more than one lakh wagons which will further improve wagon availability.</span><br />