The management of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has plans to mine 20 million tonnes of coal in the next financial year from the four new opencast mines – Naini (Odisha), VK, Rompedu and Goleti – to be opened later this year.
According to the authorities of the coal company, about 90% of work on the new mines is already completed and the remaining work will be speeded up so that they can be commissioned in December. Although mining is planned to commence this year (fiscal), it is expected to reach the intended extent of 20 million tonnes in the next financial year.
They stated that all clearances and approvals were secured for the Naini mine in Odisha but the work on setting up a coal handling plant (CHP) and railway siding from the CHP to the main railway line is yet to be completed. All arrangements including contract to transport the coal mined to railway siding from the mine would be finalised soon.
