The South Eastern Coalfields ltd (SECl) will soon have its own Truck Mounted Tree Transplanter Equipment for taking up tree plantation work, officials informed.
Notably, the company has prepared a detailed action plan for the development of the green belt around mine lease area for Kusmunda Open Cast Expansion Project in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh.
The company has proposed to develop a Green belt barrier for a width of (75-100 m) around the periphery of the mine in safety zone area, officials stated.
Three-tier plantations will be done with native species (neem, semal, palash, amaltas, gulmohar, etc.)
Notably, SECl is setting up a Coal Washery unit at Kusmunda mines with a capacity of 25 Million Tonnes Per Year (MTY) in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, officials stated.
The company is also planning to extract coal from the Ketki Underground Mine in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh without any blasting done in the mining process.
The SECl would get a scientific study done for obtaining permission from Directorate General of Mine Safety (DGMS) for the introduction of Continuous Miner or Similar Equipment with Continuous Cutting Technology in the aforesaid mine and strata monitoring as required by DGMS, officials stated.
The company has won prestigious "Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award" Instituted By Ministry Of Environment & Forest and "Jawahar lal Nehru Memorial Award For Excellence In Pollution Control" in New Delhi.
To enhance and maintain the safety awareness among workers Safety Fortnights and special safety drives are observed in mines of SECl. Awareness and Safety talks in each shift are being practiced on regular basis to develop a safety culture in accordance of “Code of Safe Practices”, officials stated.
The initial training is imparted to all new entrant and refresher training to all employees as per statute. Thrust on training and retraining of Supervisors, Support Personnel, HEMM operators and contractor’s workers was maintained as a strategy to reduce accidents due to roof/side falls in underground mines and accidents in opencast mines and at surface of mines, they stated.
Apart from statutory training being provided to employees of SECl under the Mines Vocational Training Rules, 1966 at the time of intake and refresher training at regular interval at VTCs at Areas, need based training is also imparted at Area level and at Management Development Institute of SECl HQ at Bilaspur.
Executives are also undergoing special training at IICM, Ranchi and other educational institutions / organizations, officials stated.