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Balram, who held a review meeting with general managers of all the coal areas through virtual mode on Tuesday, asked them to tighten their belts and work towards achieving the target.

Sources report that between January and October, 1,892 employees were absent from work for at least 75 out of 300 days. Additionally, management observed a decline in the use of advanced machinery in underground mines due to a shortage of workers. During the inquiry, it was found that while 1,300 tonnes of coal per day were expected to be mined using Continuous Miner machines, only 828 tonnes were actually extracted.

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

Employees and workers were explained about the present situation and future of the company through power point presentations by the SCCL officials

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.

Irrigation officials have lifted 12 gates to discharge 16, 698 cusecs of excess water downstream 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.

Srirampur Area General Manager B Sanjeeva Reddy formally inaugurated two Side Discharge Loaders (SDL) at RK5 and RK6 underground mines in Srirampur on Monday.

The company had set a target of producing 72 million tonnes of coal during the current financial year, says Managing Director N Balram.

Srirampur Area registered an actual output of 4.49 lakh metric tonnes of coal as against the target of 5.34 lakh metric tonnes in June.

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 )