Green nod to SCCL mine put off
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Various non-compliances based on the site visit conducted in September 2019 reported
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Various non-compliances based on the site visit conducted in September 2019 reported
Non-compliances with closure plan for the existing mine, safety issues related to proposed coal washery and want of information on several other aspects have made an expert committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests defer the environmental clearance proposal for the expansion of Jalagam Vengal Rao opencast mine of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.t
At its meeting held during the fourth week of March, the appraisal panel of experts noted that the proposed project was expansion of amalgamation of JVR-I and II of SCCL in 1,953 hectares at Kommepalli in Khammam district as the coal reserve of JVR-I is likely to get exhausted by the end of the year. The the mine void of JVR-I would be used for dumping the overburden material.