Coal India alive, sensitive to need of environmental protection: Chairman

Coal India chief Pramod Agrawal has said that the coal behemoth is alive and sensitive to the need of environmental protection and the PSU pursues sustainable mining practises persistently.

The statement assumes significance especially when when there has been concerns about the global climate change on account of burning of fossil fuels, including coal, which releases green gases into the atmosphere.

“Restoration of ecosystem, effective bio-reclamation, effective utilisation of water are followed with equal fervour and importance as production,” Agrawal said in a communication.

Coal India, he said, has planted close to 2 million saplings during FY’21 over an area of 862 hectares exceeding the target by 16 per cent.