Chennai: In order to comply with the recommendations of a Comptroller Audit General (CAG) report, Tangedco, has formed a full fledged coal quality assurance wing to assess coal quality at collieries and thermal plants.
A February 7 order said it will he headed by a superintendent engineer from mechanical/mines wing who will report directly to the director (generation). There will be an executive engineer and two assistant executive engineers, assisting the SE. “Tangedco should revamp the entire system of assessment of quality and quantity of coal in order to reduce the cost of generation and tariff,” the order quoted the CAG report.
A centralised laboratory exclusively for testing coal in Chennai with the latest testing equipment and dispensing of testing of coal at thermal power stations will also be set up.
