Incessant rains hit coal production in Mancherial

Authorities of the coal major said that the opencast projects were filled with rainwater, affecting the operations of coal mining in Srirampur and Mandamarri Areas from Tuesday midnight till Wednesday morning.

Mancherial: The State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) saw a dip in coal production with rainwater getting logged on the premises of opencast projects situated in Srirampur Area, following incessant downpours on Wednesday.

Authorities of the coal major said that the opencast projects were filled with rainwater, affecting the operations of coal mining in Srirampur and Mandamarri Areas from Tuesday midnight till Wednesday morning. The projects recorded a decline in coal output somewhere between 5,000 to 10,000 metric tons. Removal of overburden was taken up for avoiding losses, the officials stated.

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Parts of the district registered moderate to heavy rains. Kannepalli mandal received rainfall of 81.3 mm. Connectivity of remote areas in Kotapalli and Vemanapalli mandals was snapped with cause-ways getting submerged by floods. However, nor casualties, nor property damage was reported.

Mining work halted due to rain in Singareni OC mines in Bhupalpally

Bhupalpally: Mining works were stopped at the opencast mines of Singareni due to heavy waterlogging caused by rain on Wednesday.

According to Singareni officials, rain water and mud have accumulated in the Singareni OC mines due to continuous rain since Tuesday evening across the district. Coal mines in the area were inundated with rainwater haulage resulting in a pause in the coal production process and the removal of overburdens came to a halt as roads turned slippery.

Officials said production to the tune of 6000 tonnes of coal production in Bhupalpally OC-2 and 3 mines and 4000 tonnes in Tadicharla OC were hampered due to rain. Efforts would be made to pump out the flood waters to resume the mining operations in the opencast mines, they said.