India: Heavy rains hamper Singareni’s coal production

Incessant rains in Telangana over the last week obstructed coal production and overburden removal in almost all the opencast projects of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) spread across six districts including Bhadradri-Kothagudem. The average daily coal output fell by almost 50% from 190,000 t to a little over 90,000 t over the past five days. Dozens of high-capacity pumps and graders are being used to flush out the accumulated water and remove the slush to facilitate full-scale coal production and overburden removal in the mines.