Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sridhar Samal Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 06/03/2024. The matter related to pollution caused by Talcher Coalfield under Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in the course of its operation. It was said that on a daily …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sridhar Samal Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 06/03/2024. The matter related to pollution caused by Talcher Coalfield under Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in the course of its operation. It was said that on a daily …
Action taken report of the Joint Committee constituted under the direction of the National Green Tribunal in the Original Application No. 236/2022. The NGT, March 30, 2022 had directed a joint committee to ascertain the facts relating to violations of the environmental norms in transportation of coal from Kulda coal …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. & Others Vs Mathias Oram & Others dated 21/08/2019 regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. The Solicitor General submitted that apart from villages Kirpsira and Ratansar, the lands …
Closing the Enforcement Gap: Groundtruthing of Environmental Violations in Sundargarh, Odisha highlights a community-led groundtruthing exercise carried out in relation to operations of the Kulda Open Cast Mining Project in Sundargarh, Odisha. Through the process of groundtruthing, discussions about the impacts faced by people living around the project area were …
Coal India BSE 1.89 % subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited can face a penalty of more than Rs 20,000 crore in the wake of a Supreme Court order that rendered illegal all mineral production in violation of environmental laws. The Odisha government is evaluating the company’s liability after the top court …
Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited (HNPCL) has commissioned its 1,040 MW coal fired thermal power project located near Visakhapatnam. The company has commissioned 2x520 MW thermal power plants and expects it to cater to the increasing demand for electricity in Andhra Pradesh, which has become the first southern State to …
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday announced a Rs 900-crore plan for strengthening drinking water system in rural areas. "While Rs 350 crore from the district mineral foundation would be spent in eight districts, Rs 553 crore (as recommended by 4th state finance commission) would be utilized for the purpose …
The environment ministry panel noted that the proposed washery with its technology firmed up, was yet to get the approval of board of the project proponent. A high-level panel has deferred green clearance to Coal India’s 10 MTPA washery in Odisha and sought more information from the company, a move …
An environment ministry panel has deferred a proposal of Ib-Valley washery of Coal India Ltd's ( CIL) arm Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. A committee "for coal mining projects of Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) in its meeting held on March 17, 2016 had considered the environment clearance proposal …
ANGUL/JHARSUGUDA:The public hearing for the proposed 10 million tonne annual capacity coal washery plant which was scheduled on Tuesday was cancelled due to stiff opposition from the local villagers. They claimed that it would add to the environment pollution in and around Talcher. As soon as the meeting chaired by …
That’s the target for the next 5 years, but given the constraints the State-run miner operates under, is this achievable? Or even necessary? A billion tonnes in the next five years is the target that Coal India Ltd (CIL) is working towards. Is the target ambitious? What are the obstacles …
At a time when there is downtrend in mining revenue and the state government is struggling to shore up collections, royalty dues worth Rs 1389.38 crore are still pending on Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC). MCL has the lion's share of the arrear stockpile with its …
Talcher: At least 35 villagers of Bhalugadia were arrested and court forwarded on Wednesday for obstructing Hingula coal mining operations. The villagers stopped the mining operations demanding jobs for 56 land losers as promised by colliery authorities. They accused the authorities of Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL) of not fulfilling their …
There are 111 mining lease holders against whom NPV is outstanding as demanded in pursuance of CEC order Public sector steel giant Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), state controlled miner Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) are in the list of 111 miners saddled with NPV …
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Monday commissioned its first solar plant of two mw capacity at its headquarters at Sambalpur. Secretary, Ministry of Coal, SK Srivastava commissioned the plant in the presence of MCL CMD AN Sahay. Spread over an area of eight acres, the plant has been set up …
ANGUL: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Chief Secretary to submit action taken report (ATR) within four weeks of the receipt the order regarding massive tree felling by Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL) in Talcher for mining activities. The NHRC issued the notice to the State Government in July …
New Delhi : Twenty new coal mine projects by state-run Coal India, planned with annual capacity of 52 million tonnes, have been delayed by difficulties acquiring land and environmental clearances, the coal minister said on Thursday, underlining the uphill task he faces in reforming the sector. The new government of …
Wants to lay a slurry pipeline from its CPP at Angul to Bharatpur South coal block of MCL The Odisha government had sought the nod of the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) for diversion of 12.63 hectares (ha) of forest land to lay a slurry pipeline from its …
Talwandi Sabo power plant to become operational within a month The SAD-BJP government may fulfil its promise of making the state surplus this year with a rack (goods train) of coal finally reaching the Talwandi Sabo Power Plant today after a delay of over a year. The plant at Banawali …
Around 12 million tonnes of coal was lost due to the absence of regulatory clearances in 2013-14 The Hindu has learnt. This accounts for nearly 60 per cent of the 19.5 million tonne shortfall reported by Coal India Ltd (CIL) in the just closed financial year. Enquiries revealed that of …
