New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) In a significant development for India’s energy sector, the first coal dispatch from the Gare Palma Sector–2 (GP2) coal mine in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district officially commenced on Thursday. The move is expected to strengthen fuel supply to Maharashtra’s power plants and reinforce long-term energy security.The coal block is being developed for Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited, the state-run utility responsible for a major share of electricit…
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Shillong, Feb 5 (IANS) At least four labourers lost their lives and another was critically injured after a powerful explosion rocked a suspected illegal coal mine in the Thangsko area of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, officials said.The explosion, believed to have been caused by the use of high-intensity dynamite for mining operations, led to the collapse of adjoining mine shafts, trapping workers deep underground and raising fears of additional casualties.Local sources sai…
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Telangana’s main opposition party BRS on Tuesday sought Governor Jishnu Dev Varma’s intervention for a probe by CBI or a sitting judge into the alleged corruption and financial irregularities in the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL).A delegation of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led by party working president K. T. Rama Rao met the Governor and submitted a representation highlighting alleged irregularities related to tender, procurement, policy, and CSR funds…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) The name of the company involved in excavation work at the Deocha-Pachami coal mining project in West Bengal has figured in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet in connection with the sand smuggling case.According to sources, the ED has mentioned the name of Pachami Basalt Mining Limited in the charge sheet. The owner of GD Mining, Arun Sharaf, who was arrested in the sand smuggling case, had allegedly invested money generated from sand smuggling into this company…
Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has taken serious note of allegations of environmental pollution caused by a steel factory in Ramgarh district and has directed the district administration to take immediate action.The Chief Minister’s intervention came after a video surfaced on social media allegedly showing large-scale air pollution caused by a steel plant operated by a private company.The video was recorded by a local youth, Surendra, a resident of Ramgarh, who cla…