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Singareni to expedite coal production to meet annual target

In the last 18 days, an average of 2.15 lakh tonnes of coal was produced and the same amount of coal was transported, and an overburden extraction of 15.4 lakh cubic meters was also removed in a record time.

Hyderabad: With just three months left to achieve the coal production target of 70 million tonnes for the current fiscal year, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) chairman & managing director N Sridhar on Monday directed officials to expedite production to meet the deadline.

Sridhar, who held a special review meeting on the achievement of production targets with the company’s directors, advisors and general managers through video conference, said about 2.3 lakh tonnes of coal had to be produced and transported every day for the next 100 days to achieve the target. He said despite heavy rains affecting the coal production this year, the company was still managing to reach the target at a steady pace.