Serious allegations have surfaced over irregularities in Singareni Collieries Company Limited’s (SCCL) tender for procurement of Site Mixed Emulsion (SME) explosives. A whistle-blower claims that a Board director was sidelined and tender conditions were manipulated, leading to an estimated Rs 300–350 crore additional burden on the PSU.
Former minister T Harish Rao demanded a CBI probe into Singareni Collieries’ post-2024 tenders, alleging policy manipulation, inflated contracts, cancellation of competitively bid projects, financial losses, and questioned board members’ silence amid the absence of a regular CMD leadership
