NGT directs panel to quantify Singareni Collieries Company’s penalties

HYDERABAD: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed its Joint Committee to assess the Environmental Compensation to be levied on Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) for the violations committed by Jalagam Vengal Rao Opencast coal mine in Khammam.

Most of the violations are of mining coal in excessive quantities than the allowed limits for more than a decade – from 2007 to 2020. The Central body also directed the committee to look into the charges of violation and to furnish a compliance report on the same.