SCCL signs MoU with Heartfulness Institute to enhance greenery in coal mining areas
Singareni will undertake large-scale plantations and implement various eco-friendly initiatives in its mining regions following the directions of Ministry of Environment and Forests
Peddapalli: To increase greenery in coal mining areas, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with prominent yoga and environmental conservation organisation Heartfulness Institute (Kanha Ashram).
The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy by SCCL Chairman and Managing Director N Balram and Heartfulness Institute Director Sanjay Sehgal at Kanha Shanti Vanam Ashram near Hyderabad on Thursday.
Singareni has decided to undertake large-scale plantations and implement various eco-friendly initiatives in its mining regions following the directions of Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Under this agreement, Kanha Ashram (Heartfulness Institute) will establish nurseries and undertake large-scale plantation drives, nurturing the saplings while also developing eco-parks, creating rainforests, and establishing green fences as part of eco-friendly initiatives.
Trees will be planted along overburden dumps of open cast mines, in vacant lands, along coal transport belts, and on roadsides. Efforts will be made to ensure that over 90 percent of the planted saplings survive and grow into trees. The Heartfulness Institute will also involve the local village communities in these initiatives, supporting their needs and providing employment opportunities.
Singareni CMD N Balram stated that as per the directions of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, these initiatives would now be further intensified through the MoU with Kanha Ashram (Heartfulness Institute). The MoU would enable SCCL to undertake such eco-friendly activities in the six districts where it operates with the support and cooperation of Kanha Ashram.
Stating that Kanha Ashram has earned a good reputation by conducting large-scale yoga programs and environmental initiatives, he expressed happiness for collaborating with them in implementing environmental and community welfare programs.
Singareni has already been actively contributing to environmental protection through large-scale plantation initiatives, having planted and developed approximately 70 million saplings across 14,900 hectares, turning them into thriving green cover.
The event was attended by Minister of State for Coal and Mines Satish Chandra Dubey, Additional Secretary Rupendra Brar, SCCL Director (PA&W) Gautham Potru and other officials. A similar MoU has also been signed by Coal India with the Heartfulness Institute.
