Union Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar on Thursday visited the Talcher Coalfields, country’s largest dry fuel reserve and took stock of situation in coal mining operations of the Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl).
Kumar, who was on his maiden visit to Odisha as Coal Secretary, visited the MCl’s biggest coal mining project Bhubaneshwari OCP (opencast project), the third biggest coal mine in the country producing 25 million tonne per annum, the Ananta OCP and the Jagannath OCP, where he was briefed on mining conditions and project plan.
The Secretary also had a brief interaction with JP Singh, Director (Technical/Operations), KK Parida, Director (Finance), lN Mishra,
Director (Personnel), Munawar Khursheed, IRPF, Chief Vigilance Officer and OP Singh, Director (Technical/Projects and Planning) before visiting mines in Talcher.