Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) chairman and managing director Buddhaprakash Jyoti has sought Angul district collector Mohammad Abdaal Akhtar to all land for relief and rehabilitation (R&R) colonies for 40 families displaced by the Naini coal mine. He also sought an early meeting of the Rehabilitation and Periphery Advisory Committee (RPDAC) to take decisions on implementing the R&R package, acquiring land for the colony and addressing other rehabilitation-related matters.The SCCL CMD along with other officials met the collector and discussed land allocation and other support required for the company’s proposed projects in Odisha. These include a thermal power plant near the Naini coal mine, an R&R colony for project-affected families and roads for coal transportation. The Collector responded positively to the proposals.Buddhaprakash informed the collector that SCCL is considering setting up a thermal power plant near the Naini coal mine. The company has identified land in Tukuda and Jarapada villages as suitable for the project and requested the collector’s assistance in acquiring it.Support sought for coal transportation roadsSCCL has already deposited ₹35 crore towards the proposed bypass road between Chandipara and Jarapada villages, which will connect coal from the Naini block to the nearby Jarapada railway junction. The CMD requested the concerned departments to support completion of the road, which could serve as a coal corridor for other coal-producing industries as well. He also sought suitable land for a Singareni office and staff colony in Odisha, as the company expands its operations in the state. He requested support for constructing the Majhika bypass road to transport coal without causing inconvenience to local residents. Singareni has stated that it will provide funds required for land acquisition for the road.The district collector assured the company of all necessary cooperation, stating that the district would support Singareni’s efforts to meet the country’s power requirements.Later, SCCL CMD Buddhaprakash Jyoti, and directors Gowtam Potru and L.V. Suryanarayana, Executive Director (Coal Movement) B. Venkanna, and General Manager (Coordination) T. Srinivas visited Jindal’s coal gasification plant in Angul district.They learnt about the process of producing gas from domestic coal and its use by Jindal Steel. The team also discussed with experts the prospects and feasibility of coal gasification using coal from Singareni’s closed underground mines, as well as incentives offered by the Central Government. Singareni coal from the Naini mine is also transported to the Jindal plant.ends/
