The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) continued to suffer due to illegal stoppage of mining operations by villagers at Hingula Area of Talcher coalfields, while the residents of Tumlia village on Tuesday called off their strike at company’s Basundhara Area in Sundargarh district.
Coal despatch at Balram OCP was forcibly stopped by the villagers on October 6, while they stopped over burden removal at Mahalakshmi patch on October 10 and coal production from the mine was stopped from second shift on October 12.
This illegal stoppage of despatch operations has affected daily coal supply of 10,000 tonnes to the consumers, including Nalco, JITPL, JSPL, BSL and GMR. Up till now, about one lakh tonnes coal supply, around 30,000 tonnes coal production and more than 1.6 lakh tonnes of over burden removal has been affected from Balram OCP.
