Singareni CMD Directs Agencies to Step Up Overburden Removal to Meet Coal Production Targets
Reviewing coal production, overburden removal and transportation activities in the Kothagudem Region through a video conference from Singareni Bhavan here, he stressed the need to deploy adequate machinery and manpower to meet daily targets.
He said Singareni had to supply 75,000 tonnes of coal daily to Telangana GENCO thermal power stations in view of the prevailing El Niño conditions, besides meeting its commitments to other power stations under fuel supply agreements.
The CMD said the company needed to remove 14.15 lakh cubic metres of overburden daily across all its areas, including 5.5 lakh cubic metres in the four areas of the Kothagudem Region — Kothagudem, Sathupalli, Manuguru and Yellandu.
Emphasising that coal production from lower seams depended on timely overburden removal, he directed agencies facing operational difficulties to bring them to the notice of concerned authorities for early resolution.
He fixed daily coal production targets of 8,000 tonnes and overburden removal of 55,000 cubic metres for Kothagudem Area, while Sathupalli was assigned 50,000 tonnes of coal production and 2.4 lakh cubic metres of overburden removal.
For Manuguru, the targets were 40,000 tonnes of coal and 2.25 lakh cubic metres of overburden removal per day. Yellandu was assigned a daily target of 5,000 tonnes of coal production and 10,000 cubic metres of overburden removal.
He also emphasised safe coal production and quality transportation, particularly in Yellandu Area.
Reviewing mines whose contract periods were due to expire in the coming months, he directed officials to prepare proposals for fresh contracts and obtain necessary approvals without delay.
SCCL Directors L.V. Suryanarayana, K. Venkateswarlu, Gowtham Potru and Tirumala Rao, Executive Director B. Venkanna, General Managers, officials from the four areas, corporate office representatives and overburden contractors attended the review.
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