The Foundation Day of the South Eastern Coalfields limited (SECl) was celebrated by the officers and employees with enthusiasm at Tagore Hall in Basant Vihar on Tuesday.
SECl Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Om Prakash was the chief guest of the programme.Addressing the employees on the occasion, Prakash said that it’s a matter of pride to work with SECl which is a Mini Ratna company.He said that the company established in 1986-87 started with production of 36.15 million tonnes of coal and this year the company has been given a target of production of 133 million tonnes.
“We have to make best possible use of manpower and machinery to bring down the production cost. I believe that the company will rise to the expectations by following the better work culture given by our predecessors,” said Prakash.Former Chairman and Managing Director of the company SP Mathur and former Directors (Technical) Cl Srivastava and NK Singh highlighted the achievements of the company. They said that the company with its hardworking officers and employees will progress day by day.
K Pandey of CMOAI, Mazrul Haque of BMS, RS Gupta of CMOAI, Haridwar Singh of AITUC, Bajrangi Shahi of HMS, Tarachand Yadav of BMS and others participated in the programme which began with lighting of lamps by the chief guest.UT Kanjharkar delivered the welcome address while Manager Anupama Anand conducted the proceedings. Deputy General Manager Y Harkumar proposed a vote of thanks. The guests also distributed award among the employees on the occasion.