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SCCL Chairman and MD N. Balaram reviewed the company’s new mines. Singareni Bhavan said that with the cooperation of the state government, we are moving forward to get new coal blocks along with the four new mines that will be started in Singareni this year. In a high-level meeting on new mines in Singareni held at Hyderabad on Saturday, he discussed various issues in depth. The GMs of all areas were directed to go ahead with the new mines and make plans to complete work within the specified time.
He discussed at length the plans and works of the four new mines to be started this financial year.
He discussed the current situation of the Naini Coal Block undertaken by Singareni in Odisha and said that the cooperation of the state government is needed for the last stage of permissions.
In this regard, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has taken a special initiative and is going to Bhubaneswar in the third week of this month to hold talks with the Odisha Chief Minister.
With this, he expressed the hope that the final approvals for this block will be completed and coal production will start soon.
He said that one crore tonnes of coal will be produced from the Naini coal block per year, but the production target is 60 lakh tonnes of coal in the first year. He said that the contract for moving coal from the Naini coal block to the nearby railway siding has also been handed over.
He directed the authorities to complete the remaining permissions regarding the VK open-cast mine to be started in the Kottagudem area and prepare to produce at least 30 lakh tonnes of coal this year. He said that the production target is 43 lakh tonnes of coal per year from this mine.
He ordered that at least 10 lakh tonnes of coal should be produced this year from Rompedu open-cast mine. It will be started with the target of producing 20 lakh tonnes of coal per year in the Illandu area.
