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Singareni Collieries has acquired the ‘New Patrapada’ coal block in Odisha, which is three times bigger than the already acquired ‘Saini’ coal block. The block was allotted by the coal ministry. “Once all permissions are sought and production starts ‘New patrapada’ will be considered to be one of the biggest coal blocks in the country. Presently Singareni extracts 680 lakh tonnes of coal from its 48 mines but 200 lakh tonnes of coal can be extracted from this mine alone,” said SCCL chairman and managing director N Sridhar.
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a Government coal mining company jointly owned by the Government of Telangana and Government of India on a 51:49 equity basis. ‘New Patrapada’ is one of the many coal blocks in Chandipada Thahasil area in Odisha and is approximately 15 kilometers away from Saini Coal block which has already been allotted to it. The coal ministry responded favourably to Singareni’s request to allot more coal blocks in Orissa along with Saini Block.
