Singareni Gears Up to Ensure Uninterrupted Coal Supply to Thermal Plants
SCCL has directed its officials to maintain daily coal supplies to thermal power stations and ensure production targets are met despite monsoon challenges.
With power demand increasing during the monsoon season, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) was geared up to ensure uninterrupted coal supply to thermal power stations, according to a statement issued by company chairman and managing director Dr Buddhaprakash Jyoti on Friday.
Addressing a review meeting with general managers of SCCL areas, the CMD directed them to ensure transportation of at least 28 to 32 rakes of quality coal every day. He stated the targets must be met despite the continuous rainfall. targets. Officials were instructed to implement special action plans to enhance production from underground mines during the monsoon season.
He said SCCL is according top priority to the power requirements of Telangana and is presently supplying 75–80 per cent of its coal production to thermal power stations to meet the State's electricity demand.
Keeping in view flooding in Singareni areas along the Godavari river during the monsoon, he directed that SCCL rescue teams and officials of departments should remain fully prepared to extend immediate assistance in coordination with the local administration.
He instructed officials to focus on achieving production targets in all opencast mines in line with coal output, accomplish the production targets set for the current financial year, and expedite the process of obtaining all statutory clearances for new mining projects to achieve SCCL's long-term targets of 70 million tonnes of coal production and 500 million cubic metres of overburden removal.
The meeting was attended by Directors L.V. Suryanarayana (Operations), K. Venkateswarlu (Projects & Planning), Gowtham Potru (Personnel & Finance), M. Tirumala Rao (Electrical &Mechanical), Executive Director (Coal Movement) B. Venkanna, General Manager (Coordination & Marketing) T. Srinivas, Area General Managers, General Managers from Corporate Departments, and Heads of various Departments.
