Fuel Consumption

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Fuel Consumption

During the year 2008-09 Bangladeshdesh Railway consumed 310 metric tons of coal 737 metric tons of furnace oil and 35655 tons of diesel oil. This quantities comprise the entire fuel consumed on the Railway, i.e. on locomotives, power house, water pumps, workshops etc. Average rate including freight rail and sea, during the year was Tk. 9346.9 per metric ton for coal, Tk. 31508.9 per matric ton for furnace oil and Tk. 55839.5 per metric ton for diesel oil. Year-wise quantities of fuel consumed is indicated below:-

	Coal			Furnace oil				Diesel oil
	(Metric Tons)			(Metric Ton)				(Metric Ton)
	Locomo-	Other		Locomo-	Other		Locomo-	Other
	tives	purposes	Total	tives	purposes	Total	tives	purposes	Total
Year	purposes			purposes			purposes


July-June

1969-70	87,880	33,957	121,837	83,951	773	84,724	27,059	878	27,937
1996-97	-	761	761	-	657	657	38,670	504	39,174
1997-98	-	823	823	-	583	583	37,816	836	38,652
1998-99	-	492	492	-	857	857	42,289	923	43,212
1999-00	-	452	452	-	708	708	41,262	901	42,163
2000-01	-	405	405	-	503	503	41,138	955	42,093
2001-02	-	301	301	-	573	573	38,931	893	39,824
2002-03	-	386	386	-	479	479	36,347	798	37,145
2003-04	--	223	223	--	438	438	36,691	950	37,641
2004-05	--	365	365	--	312	312	35,373691	882	36,255
2005-06	--	348	348	--	528	528	35,759	891	36,650
2006-07	--	376	376	--	527	527	33437	837	34274
2007-08	--	312	312	--	607	607	34429	939	35364
2008-09	--	310	310	--	737	737	34563	1092	35655