Singareni CMD instructs authorities to expedite targeted coal production

Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Chairman and Managing Director N Sridhar has instructed authorities concerned to expedite the targeted coal production by excavating and transporting 2.2 lakh metric tonnes of coal daily for the next two months period. He asked officials to remove at least 15 lakh cubic meters of overburden daily at the opencast projects.

Reviewing the progress of area-wise coal production at a meeting with officials at Singareni Bhavan here on Wednesday, he instructed officials to increase the operation of heavy machinery from the existing 13 hours per day to 18 hours per day by motivating miners. Asking officials to expedite the Kothagudem-Sathupalli railway line, he said that the largest coal handling plant (CHP) coming up at Sathupalli should be also completed by March end. He informed the officials to expedite the land acquisition for OCPs in Ramagundam, Bhupalpally, Srirampur and other areas by holding consultations with the revenue officials.

Reiterating that the Singareni was firm on the excavation of coal from Naini block in Odisha from April, he instructed the officials to complete remaining forest and general clearances, acquiring government land within one month. Reviewing the performance of Adriyala long wall project and continuous miners at GDK 11, he said that the Adriyala mine should produce 8,000 tonnes of coal production while continuous miners at GDK 11 incline should produce 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes of coal per day.

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