By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/TALCHER: Union Additional Secretary, Coal, M Nagaraju has inspected coal transportation operation at Coal India Limited’s subsidiary, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited run Coal mines in Talcher. OP Singh, D(T/O) Keshav Rao,D(P) accompanied Nagaraju during his visit
“Mr M. Nagaraju, IAS, Addl Secy to GoI @CoalMinistry, inspected #coal transportation operations at Lingaraj SILO, a first mile connectivity (FMC) project in #Talcher.Mr OP Singh, D(T/O) &Mr Keshav Rao,D(P) accompanied Mr Nagaraju during his visit.#SustainableMining #FMC #Odisha,” Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd tweeted @mahanadicoal.
Reviewing the performance of coal production and despatch during his visit to Talcher Coalfields, Mr Nagaraju appreciated the company for ensuring growth in coal production and supply to the consumers.
“If you are able to do this, I believe you will be achieving 160-165 million tonnes (during the current fiscal), which will be a great achievement. And by doing that you will become the number one coal producing subsidiary (of Coal India) in terms of coal production as well as profits,” the Additional Secretary said.
Mr Nagaraju, who had arrived on an official visit to MCL, was received by Mr OP Singh, Director (Technical /Operations) and Mr Keshav Rao, Director (Personnel).
After a brief discussion with the senior officers, the Additional Secretary visited Lingaraj SILO to inspect the automated coal transportation operations and top performing Bhubaneswari OCP, where he assessed the impact on mining operations due to heavy rains.
Area General Managers from MCL’s Ib Valley Coalfields in Jharsuguda and Sundergarh districts also participated in the Review Meeting through video conferencing.
MCL, which had produced 148 million tonne in the last financial year 2020-21, has a target to produce 163 million tonne coal and despatch 182 million tonne to consumers during the current fiscal.
