The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has initiated steps to commence work on the Naini coal block in Odisha, which is known to have reserves of 34 crore tonnes of coal.
It plans to produce about 1 crore tonnes per annum.
N Sridhar, Chairman and Managing Director of SCCL, met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and State Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Wednesday at Bhuvaneshwar to discuss the modalities relating to the Naini Coal block.
The Ministry of Coal had allotted the coal block situated at the Angul district in Odisha to Singareni and requested the state government to provide full co-operation in issues relating to forest, transfer of revenue lands, rehabilitation and railway lines.
