TO TIDE over coal shortage faced by power producers, ministry of coal and Coal India (CIL) are taking various measures, including import of coal and exploitation of more mines for captive use. While government has identified about 75 coal and 20 lignite blocks for captive use, CIL is planning to import coal for the first time this year. CIL chairman and managing director Partha Bhattacharya said on Friday the company might import 4 million tonnes (MT) of coal after buyers confirm orders. Moreover, the company will scale up its production to 405 million tonne in 2008-09 as compared to 381 million tonnes in 2007-08, a growth of over 6%.