Chairman-cum-Managing Director, CMPDIL, Manoj Kumar, hoisted the National flag at HQ on 15 Aug‘ 2022 on the occasion of 76th Independence Day. Shri Kumar in his address said that “the coal industry has a major stake in the energy sector and Coal India has a major stake in the coal sector. Coal India has produced 622 million tonnes of coal in the year 2021-22 against the target of 670 million tonnes which is a huge achievement in view of the challenges posed by the Corona pandemic. The coal production target in the FY 2022-23 is 700 million tonnes for which all out efforts are being made by subsidiary companies of CIL. On this occasion R.N Jha, Director (Technical/RD&T); S K Gomasta , Director (Technical/CRD/ES); Sumeet Kumar Sinha, Chief Vigilance Officer; A.K Rana, Sr. Advisor (Mining); Regional Director of Regional Institute-3, General Managers / Heads of Departments of HQ & RI-III, JCC members / Union representatives, officers and employees were present.
Kumar in his address said that CMPDI against the target of drilling 6.5 lakh meters in the FY year 2022-23, 1.63 lakh meters drilling has been done till July 2022. In 2D / 3D seismic survey, emphasis is being given to maximize work through departmental capacity so that the company can get more financial benefits. In volumetric measurement and other applications, pre-monsoon drone survey of about 400 sand ghats in 25 districts of the Uttar Pradesh state and survey of 4 rivers of Bihar was completed in the stipulated time through drones by CMPDI.
Kumar said that under CSR CMPDI provided medical equipment for COVID diagnosis and medical surgery for District Hospital, Ranchi; Establishment of Virtual Reality Smart class at Government High School, Kanke; Development of Misir Gonda village with toilet block and solar lighting; Sponsorship for 35 special/Divyang children of Anandam, Asansol and 50 special/Divyang children of Shrima Pratibandi Kalyan Kendra, Asansol; Identification and distribution of aids and assistive devices to persons with disabilities at Ranchi and Dhanbad; CMPDI under its command areas carried out Installation of solar energy operated deep boring pump and training of 120 candidates in plastic technology for the youth under skill development training program.
He said that during the year 2021-22, about 8.8 billion tonnes of coal resource has been added to the proved category through detailed exploration covering an area of 317 square kilometers through 25 Geological Reports (GRs). In addition, 865 Line Kilometers 2D/3D Seismic Survey was conducted during 2021-22 as compared to 295 Line Kilometers in the previous year and 30 Project Reports (PRs) prepared with incremental capacity addition of about 69 million tonnes.