Singareni raises daily OB removal target to 12.1 lakh cubic metres amid rising coal demand
Hyderabad, Sept 12 (TNT): Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has raised its daily overburden (OB) removal target for September from 7.28 lakh cubic metres to 12.1 lakh cubic metres to meet the growing demand for coal in Telangana, CMD Dr Buddhaprakash Jyoti said on Saturday.
Reviewing the performance of 19 offloading companies engaged in OB removal across 15 open cast mines, Dr Jyoti directed General Managers of all areas to ensure achievement of the revised target on a daily basis.
He said the increase in the OB removal target was necessary as power consumption in the State was rising significantly and Singareni was required to ensure adequate coal supplies to thermal power stations.
An OB removal target of 1,205 lakh cubic metres had been fixed for April-August of the current financial year, against which 1,221 lakh cubic metres was removed, registering an achievement of 101 per cent, the CMD said.
However, only eight of the 19 offloading companies had achieved 100 per cent of their assigned targets by the end of August.
He directed the General Managers concerned to ensure that the remaining companies improve their performance and clear the backlog.
Dr Jyoti said companies engaged in OB removal at JVR OC, Manuguru OC, GDK OC, RG OC-3, RG OC-2, KTK OC-2 and Srirampur OCs were lagging behind their targets and asked them to clear the backlog while simultaneously achieving the revised daily target.
He also reviewed the deployment of shovels and dumpers by each offloading company and assessed the additional equipment required to meet the revised targets.
The CMD directed officials to expedite the tendering process for OB removal through offloading companies for the new open cast mines.
Director (Operations) L.V. Surya Narayana, Director (Projects and Planning) K. Venkateshwarlu, Director (E&M) M. Tirumala Rao, Executive Director (Coal Movement) B. Venkanna, General Manager (Coordination and Marketing) T. Srinivas, General Managers of all areas and Corporate General Managers attended the meeting.
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