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Coal is precious

Sir, — I refer to Mr. Kuppuswamy's letter (Coal prices, June 16 ). I was pained to see that Coal India Ltd. has fixed the price at Rs. 20 for a tonne of coal. There are various grades of coal. Depending on the calorific value even the lowest grade of coal should not be sold at this meagre price. Rejects from coal washeries may have little or no calorific value and this should not be sold as coal.

Surplus, good quality coal is not coal, but black gold with chemicals. Valuable chemicals can be extracted from it. After a few years power may become surplus and at that time it may be difficult to utilise the coal production fully. If production is not limited to the requirement, it is all the more necessary to think of alternative uses of coal.

T.K. Manickam,

Tiruchi, T.N.

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