The Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) in mineral-rich Jharkhand celebrated Republic Day with patriotic fervour on Saturday and vowed to achieve new heights in the years ahead.
RS Mahapatro, Director (Pers), Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) unfurled the national flag at the Mahatma Gandhi Kridangan in Ranchi’s Gandhinagar on Saturday morning. Later in the day, he also hoisted the tricolour at the CCL headquarters and CCL hospital in Ranchi.
Addressing the Republic Day gathering over video conferencing from Bokaro, CCL’s Chairman Cum Managing Director (CMD), Gopal Singh informed about the various schemes of the union and the state governments for holistic development of PSUs and individuals working in them. He also said that union coal minister Piyush Goyal was in favour of the early opening of the Dhanbad-Chandrapura railway line, currently closed due to underground fire.
CCL’s security personnel, army jawans, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and school students performed march-past at Gandhinagar during the ceremony.
Meanwhile, all the top officials of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) participated in the Republic Day celebrations at the institution’s Ranchi premises on Saturday morning. Addressing the gathering, Shekhar Saran, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), CMPDI said that CMPDI has drilled 9.31 lakh meter up to December 2018 against its MoU target of drilling 13.67 lakh meters.
CMPDI carries out drilling spread over seven states in India through 18 drilling camps for mineral exploration and other studies. The institution, according to its official website, has completed over 1000 coal exploration projects in India in all types of terrain and geological set-up.
“CMPDI has obtained jobs worth Rs 61.24 crores till December 2018 and is expected to get more during the remaining period of financial year 2018-19,” said Saran.
However, he added that CMPDI will have to go for rendering consultancy and exploration services in areas other than coal to maximize revenue and have expertise in different fields.
Saran said that CMPDI has started studying the carrying capacity of coal mining areas and Riverine Eco-system for the first time. The institution has also developed an in-house portal Mine Development -Management System (MDMS)- which will show the special features of mining projects being monitored by CIL with respect to environmental clearance, forest clearance, coal handling plant, railway siding and more.
The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) unfurled the national flag at ISPAT Bhawan. Kamakshi Raman, ED (HRD) hoisted the tricolour in presence of KK Jha, ED(SSO), Ajay Arora, ED(RDCIS) and RK Burman (GM CET).
Meanwhile, Ranchi Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Vijay Kumar Gupta hoisted the national flag at Durga Puja ground near Hatia railway station.