Rescuers in the southern Indian state of Telangana have retrieved the bodies of three people who were trapped inside a coal mine, local media reports said Wednesday (pic)
In a very tragic incident, four workers were killed in Singareni Collieries in Peddapalli in Telangana. A roof collapsed in an underground mine in Peddapalli. Workers are extracting coal at the mine Ramagundam RG-3 as a part of the Adriyala Longwall project. After knowing the news, the officials rushed to the spot. Rescue operations are going on. According to the reports, from
Uniindia: Hyderabad, Jan 3 (UNI) Coal production from Naini Coal block in Odisha will begin from April onwards, State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Chairman and Managing Director N Sridhar said here on Monday.
Company plans to achieve 100 million tonnes production per year in the next five years
Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) will soon take up a detailed investigation in Tadicherla Block-II reserve forest area in Jayashankar-Bhupalapally district for prospecting and coal exploration as part of the company’s plans to enhance coal production and achieve 100 million tonnes per year in the next five years.
As part of scaling up its production to 70 million tonnes during 2021-22, the company management has already put in motion plans to commence production in four opencast mines as also from the new panel in the Adriyala Longwall project. Further, it is planning to take up mining in the Naini coal block in Odisha at least in the second half of the next fiscal.
Miners working in the underground mines of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.
Company sets target of producing 12.39 million tonnes in February and March of this financial year
The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has fixed a target of mining (producing) 12.39 million tonnes of coal during February and March months of this financial year, at an average of 2.1 lakh tonnes a day as the consumption of coal by the industry is reaching normalcy.
The company has also set a target of producing 70 million tonnes of coal during the next fiscal. The coal production this financial year is likely to be around 51 million tonnes after the production and demand were badly hit due to Covid-19 pandemic on the economic activity. Till January-end, the Singareni’s coal production was only 38.61 million tonnes against the target of 55.15 million tonnes or 70% of the target. The production in the first 10 months of the current fiscal was also over 26.4% less compared to the same period in