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Singareni targets 20,000 tonnes of daily coal supply from Naini mine in Odisha

Hyderabad, Nov 7 (UNI) Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Chairman and Managing Director Buddhaprakash Jyoti on Saturday directed officials to step up coal production and transportation from the Naini coal block in Odisha, setting a target of at least 20,000 tonnes of coal supply to Telangana every day in view of the anticipated El Niño impact.
At a special review meeting held at Singareni Bhavan here, the CMD instructed officials to take all necessary measures to achieve the annual production targets, with particular emphasis on accelerating overburden removal to facilitate increased coal extraction.
He stressed the need to ensure adequate coal supplies to meet Telangana's electricity requirements, particularly in view of the anticipated impact of El Niño on power demand, and directed officials to ensure smooth transportation of coal from the mine to the state.
Naini Mine General Manager Vaidya briefed the CMD on the current coal production, transportation, overburden removal and other mining activities.
The meeting was attended by Directors L.V. Suryanarayana (Operations), K. Venkateswarlu (Projects and Planning), Gowtham Potru (Personnel and Finance) and M. Tirumala Rao (E&M), Executive Director B. Venkanna (Coal Movement), General Managers Tadaboyina Srinivas (Coordination and Marketing) and Devender (Projects and Planning), besides other senior officials.
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