TThe South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) has biologically reclaimed 44.49 square kilometres of excavated area in its mines out of 73.41 square kms of area under reclamation by the company during 2016-17, officials informed here on Saturday.
Out of 10 projects of SECl, Jamuna Open Cast Project ranks on the top for land reclamation (93.11 per cent) followed by Rajnagar (91.89 per cent) and Chirimiri (90.16 per cent ) during 2016-17.
Notably, SECl has put its underground (UG) coal production target projections at 22 million tonnes (MT) by 2019-20.The company compared to its underground coal excavation target by the aforesaid period has set a significantly higher coal production target projections from its open cast (OC) mines at 228 MT, officials stated.
The Coal India ltd (CIl) recorded the coal offtake jump of 14.1 per cent from the mines of its flagship -- South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) at 12.44 million tonnes against the target of 12.22 million tonnes in April 2017, the company informed in a BSE filing.
Notably, CIl had recorded offtake of coal from its largest subsidiary SEClat 124.34 million tonnes between April 2015 to February 2016.
This was against the target of 123.89 million tonnes (MT) which was a growth of 11.1 per cent.