By Our Correspondent
RANCHI/BHUBANESWAR: On the occasion of Jharkhand Foundation Day on November 15,2022, Chatti-Bariatu Mine of NTPC dispatched its first coal to North Karanpura Thermal Power Plant of NTPC.
To mark this feat, Shri Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) & Nominated Owner of Mines and Shri Partha Mazumder, Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining) flagged off the coal loaded truck to North Karanpura Plant. On the occasion, Shri B. M. Singh, Project Head, Chatti Bariatu CMP; Shri Tajinder Gupta, Project Head, North Karanpura; Shri Faiz Tayyab, Project Head, Kerandari CMP; Shri T K Konar, General Manager (Technical Services), Coal Mining Headquarters employees of Chatti-Bariatu and representatives of M/s Rithwik-AMR Consortium, the Mine Developer-cum-Operator of Chatti Bariatu mine were also present.
Shri Mondol congratulated the entire coal mining team for achieving this milestone. Chatti-Bariatu became the 4th operational mine of NTPC with the start of operations on 27.04.2022. Presenting an example of accelerated development the coal production commenced in September’22 and now in November’22, the coal dispatch has started.
Shri Mazumder ,Regional Executive Director(Coal Mining) appreciated the team effort and expressed his gratitude to the state and district authorities for their continuous guidance. He also thanked the villagers for their continuous support.
Shri Singh,Head of Chatti-Bariatu Mines expressed that he along with his team will be committed to ensure continuous supply of coal to North Karanpura. All-out efforts will be made to achieve the peak rated capacity of 7 MTPA within 4 years of time.
NTPC Coal Mining business has added a new feather to its cap and will continue to supply high quality coal to the power plants of NTPC.
