Centre to auction Odisha’s 14 coal blocks for mining
The Centre on Thursday put as many as 67 coal blocks, including 14 in Odisha, on sale under the second tranche of commercial coalmining.
The 13 coal blocks in Odisha include Machhakata and Mahanadi, Nuagaon Telisahi, Ramchandi Promotion Block, Alaknanda, Bartap, Burapahar, dip extension of Belpahar, dip side of Chatabar, Kardabahal-Brahmanbil, Kosal West, Phuljhari East and West, Saradhapur North and Tentuloi.
Out of the total 67 mines offered, 37 have been fully explored while the rest have been partially explored. “The coal mines on offer are a mix of mines with small and large reserves, coking and non-coking mines and fully and partially explored mines spread across six states: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh,” the Coal ministry said in a statement.
