The union coal secretary S K Srivastava ruled out any impact of the row over coal block allocation on the performances of the public sector Coal India Limited (CIL) saying that the company is surging ahead to achieve its ambitious target of 470 million tonne production in the current financial year.

“CIL intends to grow at the rate of 7.5 per cent each year and there is absolutely no impact of coal block allocation row on the CIL,” he told reporters at Talcher coalfield on Friday.