SCCL sets 70 MT output target

Hyderabad: N Sridhar, Singareni Chairman and MD (C&MD), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) directed the GMs to achieve 70 million tonnes (MT) production target this year for which at least 1.85 lakh tonnes of coal must be produced and transported per day in September. Addressing a review meeting on production with the Directors, Advisors and General Managers of all areas from Singareni Bhavan, Hyderabad, Sridhar said that since the Central Coal Ministry has requested that government coal companies have to increase the production to overcome the shortage of coal in thermal power stations across the country, he said that Singareni has to rise to the occasion. He further added that there is a growth of 88.3 per cent in coal transport, 71.6 per cent in production and 28.8 per cent in OB removal during the last five months when compared to the corresponding five months of the previous financial year. He requested to continue the same spirit to achieve 700 lakh tons during this financial year. He said that since Singareni is supplying enough coal, there is no shortage for the thermal power plants in Telangana but the thermal power stations in neighboring States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have only 1 and 2 days of coal stocks.