The KTK mines produced 3.52 lakh tonnes of coal during October against the target of 3.85 lakh tonnes through its four underground mines and two opencast mines
Company Chairman and Managing Director N Balram during a recent meeting with the workers expressed serious concern over the high cost of coal production and asked officials to find solutions to bring it down.
Managing Director N Balram said there were certain SOPs (Safe Operating Procedures) prescribed for every job, and due to not following them properly, there were accidents in the mines.
Sources say due to heavy rain about 80 percent of the coal production in the various opencast mines of the company has come to a standstill as it has become difficult to use heavy machinery.
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.
Srirampur Area General Manager B Sanjeeva Reddy formally inaugurated two Side Discharge Loaders (SDL) at RK5 and RK6 underground mines in Srirampur on Monday.
With 14 days left to achieve the annual production targets, the record coal production would encourage workers to achieve the annual production target of 700 lakh tonnes.
The growth in coal production reflects the heightened efficiency and a strong logistics network that is helping to ensure India's energy security and reducing the nation's reliance on imported coal.
Kothagudem area would play a major role in the development of the company by achieving coal production and transportation with highest safety standards, the GM hoped.
Balram, who reviewed the coal production with senior officials of the company on Friday, said if the coal production could be maintained at 2.3 lakh tonnes per day the target could be easily achieved.
The overall coal production in India in the April-June (2023-24) quarter was at 223.36 million tonne, the country's highest ever, a Ministry of Coal release said Friday
The Centre has set a coal production target of 1200 million tonnes for public sector companies in the next three years to meet the coal demand of thermal power plants
SCCL Chairman and MD Sridhar asked the officials to increase the overburden removal from 14.78 lakh cubic meters per day to 16.5 lakh cubic meters from the open cast mines
SCCL to start coal production in the Naini Coal Block in Odisha, VK Open Cast (Kottagudem), Goleti Open Cast (Bellampally) and JK Open Cast Mine (Yellandu )
Singareni Collieries Company Limited registered a growth of 23 percent over the turnover of Rs 26,619 crore achieved in the previous financial year (2021-22)
