The Singareni Collieries Company Limited has registered 13 % growth in coal production during September.
The company recorded coal production of 45.44 lakh tonne during the month as against 40.24 lakh tonne during the corresponding period previous fiscal. The company achieved 14.5 % growth in coal transport from 41.05 lakh tonne during September last year to 46.99 lakh tonne during the same month current fiscal. The SCCL achieved impressive growth in coal transport during the first half of the current fiscal. The company transported 299.46 lakh tonne during the first half of the current fiscal, registering 12.7 % growth over 265.77 lakh tonne of the same period of the previous fiscal.
Of the 11 mining areas, the SCCL had recorded production of 100 % or more in five areas — Manuguru, Ramagundam-1, Ramagundam-2, Bhupalpally and Bellampally — and SCCL chairman N. Sridhar has exhorted miners in the other areas too to work for achieving the monthly and daily targets set for them.
Meanwhile, the SCCL thermal power plant located at Jaipur mandal in Mancherial district has generated 810.76 million units of power of which 762.92 million units was synchronised to the grid. The company achieved plant load factor of 93.84 % in the process. The Unit-II of the power plant generated 412 million units during September with plant load factor of 95.38 % while the unit-I generated 398.72 million units with 92.3 % PLF. The company achieved station PLF of 87.53 % during the first half of the current financial year, according to an official release.
