Coal India-arm North Eastern Coalfields on Saturday resumed its mining operations at Tikak colliery in Assam, a statement said on Saturday.
Mining operations at NEC were halted owing to non-availability of land for overburden dump and certain clearances.
“Coal mining operations at North Eastern Coalfields (NEC), a unit of world’s largest coal company Coal India Ltd (CIL), resumed on Saturday with the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi inaugurating resumption of mining operations at Tikak colliery of NEC,” according to an official statement.
Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma was also present on the occasion.
