Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), the flagship subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL) is looking at a despatch of 163 MnT of coal in this fiscal. Its overall production is targeted at 162 MnT.
Out of the envisaged 162 MnT, 100 MnT is proposed to be produced by Talcher Coalfields under MCL’s command area.
“Talcher will set a new record this year by producing 100 MnT”, said Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Chairman-cum-Managing Director after a meeting with Area General Managers and Project Officers.
The Talcher coalfields, he said, will be growing at a rate of 50 MnT in every five years’ time. “This year it will be a record 100 MnT and after five years the production will 150 MnT, as the Talcher coalfields is poised to add to its total production 50 MnT coal every five year”.
The strategy is well in place and all assistance is being extended to our area teams to achieve the target, he added.
The CMD was accompanied by JP Singh, Director (Technical/Operations), LN Mishra, Director (Personnel), OP Singh, Director (Technical/Projects & Planning) and RK Sinha, Joint Secretary (Independent Director) during his visits to the mines.
The Talcher coalfields had contributed over 81 MnT to the total 143 MnT coal produced by the company during the previous financial year 2017-18.
This year, MCL has a target to produce 162.5 MnT coal, of which it has plans to produce 100 MnT from Talcher alone.
The CMD visited all the production areas in Talcher coalfields and motivated officers and staff working in the mines during this two-day official visit ending today.
He also interacted with locals, who assured him all cooperation to the company.
Mishra also addressed the young officers deployed at different areas in Talcher coalfields and encouraged them to bring in new ideas to strengthen the working systems and make them more transparent and productive.
Creating a new chapter in the history of company, Mishra chaired his first meeting of the MCL’s Board of Directors at an area office in Talcher coalfields.
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