CIL Chairman P M Prasad reviews SECL, takes stock of mining activities in Gevra, Dipka, and Kusmunda
Team News Riveting
Raipur, August 5
Chairman of Coal India Limited P M Prasad on Saturday said the role of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) would be crucial in meeting the energy requirements of the country.
Prasad is on a visit to SECL. He visited the company’s three mega projects Gevra, Dipka, and Kusmunda located in Korba district and reviewed the mining activities and urged to make 100 percent efforts towards achieving the annual target of production.
The CIL Chairman Prasad reached Bilaspur on the first day of SECL visit on Friday evening where CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra, Functional Directors, and Chief Vigilance Officer Jayant Kumar Khamari welcomed him at Bilaspur Bhavan. He later left for Gevra where he took a review meeting of SECL at Gevra House late night.
The General Managers of Mega Projects and Korba were present in the meeting while the remaining Area General Managers joined through video conferencing. In the meeting, a comprehensive presentation was made regarding the performance of SECL and the targets achieved so far in this financial year. Chairman Coal India, interacted with General Managers of all the areas and discussed their targets and challenges.
On Saturday, Prasad arrived early in the morning for the inspection of the Kusmunda Mega Project. He went to the view point and inspected the mining activities. The Kusmunda team apprised the chairman of the field activities through a power point presentation.
Kusmunda Mega Project is on course towards the target of 50 MT production, 52 MT dispatch and 60 MCuM OBR for this financial year. So far this year, the area has recorded an increase of 49 per cent in coal production, 44 per cent in OBR and 12 per cent in dispatch as compared to last year. During the presentation, while discussing the DigiCoal project implemented in three mega projects of SECL, it was mentioned that for the first time in Coal India, digitization is being fully used in land acquisition in Khodri village adjacent to Kusmunda. The drones engaged in the project have helped in improving the gradient of the mine’s haul road.
After inspecting the Kusmunda project, the chairman reached the recently inaugurated Rapid Rail Load Out System in Gevra area. This modern system of dispatch has a capacity of 20 MTY.
In the next phase of the tour, the CIL Chairman inspected the Gevra Mega Project. After reviewing the mine plan from the view point, he reached the coal face and reached ground-zero and discussed the expansion of the mine, achieving the annual target, etc. Later, he went to the new public silo at Gevra and reviewed the progress of the work. He went up to the view point of the silo and discussed rail rake availability, coal stock, coal dispatch strategy etc.
Chairman Coal India also visited Dipka Mega Project and inspected the mine from mine view-point and inquired about land acquisition of nearby villages like Malgaon, Suabhondi etc.
During the visit SECL CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra, Director Technical (Operations) S K Pal, Director (Finance) G. Srinivasan, Director Technical (Planning/Projects) S N Kapri, Director (Personnel) Debasis Acharyya, Area General Manager Kusmunda Sanjay Mishra and Area General Manager Gevra and Dipka S K Mohanty accompanied Coal India Chairman.
