Ranchi / Chatra: Minister of Union Coal, Mine and Parliament Pralhad Joshi came to Jharkhand at a daily visit on Thursday to hold talks with coal companies and sort out the possibility of a coal crisis, which allegedly achieved power production.
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Joshi, however, did not meet the Chairman of the Minister of Hemant Soren was widely reported earlier.
Immediately after reaching Ranchi, Joshi chaired a meeting at the CCL headquarters here with Baady Baady Limited (CCL) Central Officials, Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), Institute of Planning and Center for Mine Design (CMPDI).
Extra Secretaries at the Coal Ministry, V K Tiwiew and Chair of the Indian Coal Limited (CIL), Pramod Agarwal, also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the minister gave instructions to ensure sustainable coal production and shipments to power plants to ensure that there was no shortage.
“The celebration season has begun and is our duty to provide uninterrupted coal supplies to the power plant,” he said, emphasizing that coal companies must take the steps needed to cleanse congestion in coal production and transportation.
He also instructed officials to motivate employees to make all-out efforts to increase production and shipping.
Then, Joshi visited several CCL mines on a markwalk and received feedback on their problems in increasing production in addition to providing some instructions in this matter.
He said the situation related to the coal crisis is now increasing.
“The reason behind this crisis is the closure of several mines and a few inundation because heavy rainfall recently,” he said, emphasizing that limited imports were also one reason.
Joshi assures the power plant that they will continue to get the necessary supply.
After visiting the mine, he tweeted: “Visiting Ashok OpenCast Coal Mine of Central Coalfields Limited located in the Chatra Jharkhand District.
This mine with a 20 MT annual peak capacity is one of the largest CCL coal projects.
Interact with the team on the ground and motivate them to Increasing coal production and complicated from the mine.
“Official sources said Joshi’s visit aims to increase coal production in the CCL mine and inspect the train siding to take inventory of problems related to transportation problems.
While the minister emphasized the right transportation and quantity of coal quantity, officials signaled him about the problems they faced in land acquisition in expanding their coal projects.
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