The Board of Directors of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has approved the detailed project report (DPR) of the 800 megawatt super critical thermal power generation unit planned to be established by the company on the premises of 2×600 MW Singareni Thermal Power Plant in Mancherial district.
Approval for the DPR of 800 MW unit of STPP was given by the 561 st Board of Directors meeting held here on Friday. The unit is being planned to be established on the premises of 1,200 MW existing thermal power project at Pegadapalli in Jaipur mandal with estimated cost of ₹6,790 crore. Apart from meeting the growing energy needs of the State, the new unit would also stabilise the financial position of the company further since the existing thermal plant was earning about ₹500 crore profit every year.
The board has also also approved the local reservation in the recruitment of SCCL in tune with the Presidential Order being implemented by the State Government to ensure local people get maximum employment. As per the revised reservation to the locals of four erstwhile districts – Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar and Warangal – it would go up to 95% for both the officers and workers (others) categories against the existing quota of 60% and 80%, respectively.
Orders on the revised (enhanced) reservation for locals in SCCL jobs would be issued soon benefiting the locals of 16 reorganised districts. They would get 95% quota both in the executive (officer) and NCWA (National Coal Wage Agreement) jobs. The remaining 5% posts would be filled in the open category.
₹2 cr. for uniforms
According to the company officials, the board has approved purchase of fabric for uniforms from the Telangana State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society (TSCO) in the nomination method. Fabric worth about ₹2 crore would be purchased from the society for supply of uniforms to employees working in mines and other departments of the company.
The board has also approved establishment of an explosives unit with 50,000 tonnes per annum capacity at Mandamarri in association with Indian Oil Corporation to ensure seamless supply of explosives for the mining activities to meeting the target of mining 70 million tonnes of coal this year (2022-23). The board has already approved expansion of the explosives units at Manuguru and Ramagundam areas from the existing 50,000 tonnes per annum to one-lakh tonnes per annum towards self-reliance in explosives.
Special Chief Secretaries K. Ramakrishna Rao (Finance), Sunil Sharma (Energy), Directors Manoj Kumar (Central Government nominee and CMD of Western Coalfields), P.SL. Swamy and V.K. Solanki (Coal Ministry), S. Chandrasekhar (Operations), N. Balaram (Finance, Projects & Planning), and D. Satyanarayana Rao (Electrical & Mechanical) participated in the meeting chaired by SCCL-CMD N. Sridhar.
