Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, organized a seminar on ‘water conservation in coal mines’ to sensitize the employees as well as stakeholders on Saturday evening at the company headquarters in Ranchi.
Chief Guest of the function was winner of Magsaysay Award Rajendra Singh, who is known for his work to revive water bodies and rivers in Rajashthan. On this occasion, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), CCL Gopal Singh, Director (Tech/Operations) V K Srivastava, Director Technical (P&P) Bhola Singh, Director (Finance), NK Agarwal, HOD (Forest) Soumitra Singh, eminent journalist Madhukar, General Managers/HODs from headquarters, union representatives and other stakeholders were present.
While addressing the gathering, Rajendra Singh said that it is very important to respect water, women and rivers to save the mother Earth planet. Singh, who is dubbed as “the Water Man of India” said that it is important to understand how water is climate and climate is water, then only we can save water for future generations.
Singh also emphasized that Coal India is one of the most reputed companies and he urged the management of the company that it is important to make strategy on technical approaches and upending traditional patterns of development and resource use.
CMD CCL, Gopal Singh in address said that the eminent water conservationist with his own methods have able to restore soil, rivers, brought back wildlife etc. in Rajasthan. He further said that company is carrying out mining activities to meet energy requirement of the Nation as seven bulbs out of ten bulbs are generated from power plants. The CMD said that water literary programme will be initiated to sensitize the common people. He also talked about support from Hon’ble Union Coal Minister and his team for meeting energy requirement of the country.
The programme was anchored by Senior Manager (Finance) A D Wadhwa.