BHUBANESWAR: As many as 14 coal blocks from Odisha will be auctioned as the Centre on Thursday launched its second tranche of auction of commercial coal mining offering total 67 coal blocks.
An official sources said Machhakata, Mahanadi, Nuagaon Telisahi, Ramchandi promotion block, Alaknanda, Bartap, Burapahar, Dip extension of Belpahar, Dip side of Chatabar, Kardabahal-Brahmanbil, Kosala West, Phuljhari east and west, Saradhapur north, Tentuloi are the 14 blocks from Odisha, identified by the Centre for auction in the second tranche. These blocks are located in Talcher and Ib valley in the state.
In the first phase, the Centre had listed nine blocks from Odisha for commercial mining while two blocks– Radhikapur East and Radhikapur West– were successfully auctioned by the Centre in November, last year, said official sources.
While Aditya Birla Group’s EMIL Mines and Mineral Resources Ltd bagged the Radhikapur East block; Vedanta Ltd bagged the Radhikapur West block.
