Coal mining resumes at NECs Tikak Colliery
Guwahati Mar 26 PTI Coal mining at North Eastern Coalfields NEC resumed on Saturday after Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the operations at Tikak Colliery in Assams Tinsukia district Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was also present on the occasion Mining operations at NEC a unit of Coal India Limited CIL were halted due to environment-related issues in 2020The resumption of mining operations at Tikak Colliery is a very important step towards the development of the region Joshi saidThe coal quality of NEC is superior to those found in other parts and is in much demand by several domestic industries of the country he saidAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked the Union Minister for his proactive initiatives for resuming mining operations at Tikak Colliery at MargheritaWith the restart of mining operations at Tikak Colliery the state government has fulfilled yet another promise made to the people during the last assembly election Sarma said Highlighting that the Assam Government is committed to maintaining a balance between development and the environment the chief minister said While operationalising Tikak Colliery we have ensured that mining activities continue in sync with natureOur government has extended all co-operation to Coal India Limited in resolving environmental and all other issues that had stalled the functioning of the North Eastern CoalfieldsNEC presently operates in Tikak Colliery with two opencast projects OCPs namely Tikak OCP and Tikak Extension OCP with a combined coal production capacity of 4 lakh tonne per annumNEC will also start producing coal from its Tirap Open Cast Mine from 2022-23 fiscal with a target to produce 10 lakh tonne of the mineral per annum PTI DG MM MM
Guwahati Mar 26 PTI Coal mining at North Eastern Coalfields NEC resumed on Saturday after Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the operations at Tikak Colliery in Assams Tinsukia district Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was also present on the occasion Mining operations at NEC a unit of Coal India Limited CIL were halted due to environment-related issues in 2020The resumption of mining operations at Tikak Colliery is a very important step towards the development of the region Joshi saidThe coal quality of NEC is superior to those found in other parts and is in much demand by several domestic industries of the country he saidAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked the Union Minister for his proactive initiatives for resuming mining operations at Tikak Colliery at MargheritaWith the restart of mining operations at Tikak Colliery the state government has fulfilled yet another promise made to the people during the last assembly election Sarma said Highlighting that the Assam Government is committed to maintaining a balance between development and the environment the chief minister said While operationalising Tikak Colliery we have ensured that mining activities continue in sync with natureOur government has extended all co-operation to Coal India Limited in resolving environmental and all other issues that had stalled the functioning of the North Eastern CoalfieldsNEC presently operates in Tikak Colliery with two opencast projects OCPs namely Tikak OCP and Tikak Extension OCP with a combined coal production capacity of 4 lakh tonne per annumNEC will also start producing coal from its Tirap Open Cast Mine from 2022-23 fiscal with a target to produce 10 lakh tonne of the mineral per annum PTI DG MM MM
