The Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) has become the number one coal producer in the country by producing a record 138 million tonnes of dry fuel in the financial year 2015-16, contributing 39 per cent to the incremental growth of the Coal India limited (CIl).
The MCl, which celebrated its silver jubilee on Sunday, has crossed several milestones in coalmining during its journey that started in 1992 as a 23-MT coal producing company and the youngest subsidiary of the CIl.
While the MCl produced a record 137.9 MT at a growth rate of 13.6 per cent, it supplied 140.22 MT to its consumers, registering an outstanding growth of 14 per cent compared to the same period during the previous financial year.
Congratulating the MCl family, CMD AK Jha said the company’s performance graph would continue its upward trend in production, dispatch as well as contribution towards development of peripheral areas.
Former MCl CMDs Dr AS Prasad, SN Sharma, SR Upadhayay and AN Sahay, who joined the foundation celebrations, congratulated Team MCl for becoming the leading coal producer of the country. ‘’The dream we had for the MCl has come true,’’ said Sharma while addressing a gathering of MCl employees and their family members after the ‘Run for Excellence’ organised on the day.
Director (Technical/Operations) AK Tiwari, Director (Technical/Projects & Planning) JP Singh, Director (Finance) KK Parida and Director (Personnel) lN Mishra accompanied the former CMDs to join MCl CMD Jha and first lady Dr Nisha Thakur for the jubilee day cake cutting ceremony.
Winners of the ‘Run for Excellence’ were awarded.
A brainstorming session on ‘IT interventions for participative, transparent and responsive governance’ was held wherein the CMD along with the Directors, former CMDs and company’s trade union leaders actively participated.
A series of programmes to create awareness on various Central Government programmes, performance analysis within the company, promotion of art and cultural are part of the jubilee celebrations in the company.