Coal India Limited (CIL) targeted to secure 710 mn tons in 2020-21 fiscal year from its 350 operating collieries across the country, incidentally is assigned to ensure 1 bn tons of production by 2023-24 year.
Ammonium nitrate explosions have caused other accidents, too, in the past, and it is for this reason that most countries have stringent regulations on storage of the chemical.
This comes after officials from TNPCB, Customs and Fire and Rescue services departments visited a container freight station at Manali, where the explosive chemical is stored.
