Coal India Chairman P M Prasad also joins on SECL visit
Team News Riveting
Raipur, April 24
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal M Nagaraju (IAS), on a visit to SECL, held a review meeting of SECL at Gevra House in which Coal India Chairman P M Prasad along with CMD Dr Prem Sagar Mishra was also present.
Many important topics related to coal mining and dispatch were discussed in the meeting. Additional Secretary Shri Nagaraju emphasized on eco-friendly dispatch through FMC, mine expansion, land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement, use of eco-friendly surface miner, continuous miner for mining coal, coal crushing etc.
During the meeting, the teams of Gevra, Dipka and Kusmunda megaprojects outlined their plans for achieving the targets set for the FY24-25 through presentation.
On arrival, Additional Secretary M Nagaraju was given a guard of honor by the security contingent. In view of the summer season, the Additional Secretary also distributed welfare kits to the local vegetable vendors and also planted saplings.
Earlier, on the arrival, Coal India Chairman P M Prasad was warmly welcomed by CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra.
SECL Functional Directors, Heads of Departments, Area General Managers were present in the review meeting.
During the visit, he interacted with the young executives of SECL at Gevra Recreational Club. During this, CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra and SECL Directors were also present.
In his opening address, Nagaraju said that coal still remains a reliable source of energy in our country and in the times to come, all of you will have an important role in nation building. Coal India Chairman Prasad said that employee skilling and welfare has always been one of our biggest priorities.
On this occasion, young executives from different cadres raised their questions and resolved their queries.
Earlier, on the second day of his SECL visit, Additional Secretary, Coal Ministry, M Nagaraju (IAS) visited the Gevra Mega Project in the early hours. He visited the departmental patch and silo in the mine and reviewed the mining and dispatch activities. He also visited the eco-friendly ripper patch and learnt about blasting-free OBR.
