Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said those coal mines in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region and WCL areas which are economically not viable, produce low-quality coal, and where mining is almost stopped can be used for coal gasification projects.
He was addressing a session on ‘coal gasification’ at the Advantage Vidarbha event in Nagpur city which was attended by coal secretary Amritlal Meena, Niti Aayog member VK Saraswat and Coal India Limited (CIL) chairman PM Prasad among others.
During his speech, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways asked the CIL and the Coal Ministry whether “coal mines which are economically not viable and
