State-owned CIL’s 39 coal mining projects are running behind the schedule on account of delays in getting green clearances and issues related to rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R).
This assumes significance in the wake of the country’s power plants grappling with depleting stocks at their end.
“114 coal projects with a sanctioned capacity of 836.48 mty (million tonnes per year) and a sanctioned capital of Rs 1,19,580.62 crore are in different stages of implementation out of which 75 projects are on schedule and 39 projects are delayed,” Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in its report.
The major reasons for delays in implementation of these projects are delay in forest clearances and possession of land and issues related to R&R.
