Ninety families in Shravanapalli will be displaced with the advent of an opencast mining project at the village, while 150 out of the total 350 families from Jenda Venkatapur were likely to be affected.
SCCL Chairman and Managing Director N Balram met Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena on Monday and sought his cooperation in starting the Naini mines and setting up of a thermal plant.
The park has come up on a sprawling 20 hectares of land at the backfill area at the base of the overburden at Gowthamkhani opencast project area as a remediation measure for the project expansion.
Auction of the coal mine was nothing but privatization of Singareni. Participation in the auction was nothing but accepting that Singareni had no right on coal mines, he said.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Sanjay Kumar informed that during his visit to Ramagundam, Modi made it clear that there was no question of privatization of Singareni.
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said Kishan Reddy would be launching the 10th round of commercial coal mines auction in Hyderabad on June 21.
SCCL CMD N Balram said the surveillance units had received complaints that some people working in mines and offices were being shown present even though they were absent.
"There is no room for corruption in the process of the medical board. If you come across those who are deceiving with false words, they can inform the Singareni vigilance officials by calling 9491144104 or through WhatsApp.
This change is effective from March 9, 2018, the date of commencement of the scheme for the provision of compassionate employment. Around 300 dependents would be benefited due to the increase in the age limit.
Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka directed officials to focus on increasing revenue collections without giving scope for any leakages.
Keeping in mind the electricity needs of the State, the Singareni company was making efforts to start operations in some new coal blocks, he said. Apart from thermal power generation the company was giving priority to solar power generation, he added.
Meanwhile, Singareni has sought permission from the Telangana government to set up a 500 MW solar plant at a solar park in Rajasthan at a cost of Rs. 2233.68 crore.
After the tenders called for the construction of quarters, in last January the SCCL management entered into an agreement with the contracting agency and works are expected to complete in December this year.
These four mandals were merged with Siddipet district by separating them from the erstwhile Karimnagar district during the reorganisation of districts in the State in 2016
