The Talcher Coalfield in general and in particular some of the mines like Bharatpur, Hingula, Kaniha are facing land constraint and law and order problems in the form of frequent work stoppage by few local people who are not employees of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. "It has been reported by MCL that due to these constraints, in this year MCL could produce 37.23 MT coal (so far in the current fiscal) in Talcher Coalfield against the target of 55.49 MT which is not only 18.26 MT below target but is also a negative growth of 7.8 per cent as compared to the coal production from Talcher coalfields in the same time period during last year," the ministry said. These law and order issues have been frequently highlighted at different levels with the Odisha government by the senior officials of Coal India and Coal Ministry.