The Singareni Collieries Company Limited is likely to get one more coal block in Odisha, the second in that State, for exploration against stiff competition from Goa Industrial Development Corporation which also bid for the coal field.
The SCCL has been sounded out by the Ministry of Coal that it will be allotted the New Patrapara coal block as, among other reasons, it was located closer to the areas of operation of SCCL than GIDC, sources said.
The SCCL was earlier allotted Naini coal block in Angul district of Odisha. When New Patrapara also goes to SCCL, it will be the second coal block of SCCL outside Telangana.
