HYDERABAD: Telangana Congress president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged prime minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw its decision to put to auction the four coal blocks of Singareni Collieries Company Limited in Telangana state.
The recent decision of the union coal ministry to auction the four coal blocks in Singareni company goes against the interests of all the stakeholders in the SCCL. The ministry’s decision has caused anxiety not only among the company’s employees and workers but also their families in the state.
SCCL is the only major public sector company in the region with central and state having 49 and 51 per cent stake respectively, that employs thousands of skilled and unskilled workers. Mineworkers are worried about their future. They have already gone on strike from Thursday strongly opposing the central government’s decision to auction four coal blocks.
