Rain hits SCCL coal output

PEDDAPALLI/BHADRADRI-KOTHAGUDEM

Incessant rains over the previous 5 days have dealt a serious blow to coal manufacturing in nearly all of the opencast tasks (OCPs) of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Firm Restricted (SCCL).

The extraordinary spell of heavy rains that battered the coal belt area, spanning six districts, final week nearly stalled coal manufacturing in addition to overburden removing in as many as 19 OCPs unfold throughout 11 areas of the SCCL. The intensive water-logging and slushy circumstances in nearly all of the OCPs hampered blasting operations, an important element of floor mining, and in addition hit operations of heavy equipment, sources stated.

In line with SCCL sources, the SCCL’s OCPs collectively suffered a coal manufacturing loss to the tune of 4 lakh tonnes up to now one week. Nevertheless, the loss suffered by the coal mining large when it comes to coal output and overburden removing owing to heavy rains is estimated to be a number of instances extra.