Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena on visit to Chhattisgarh

Raipur-18/05/2023///   Meets with Mr. Amitabh Jain, Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh and SECR General ManagerShri Amrit Lal Meena, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, held a meeting with Shri Amitabh Jain, Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan in Raipur today. The meeting was held to discuss different issues related to ongoing mining projects of SECL and to ensure better coordination with the state government for better operation of mines. In the meeting he was accompanied by Smt. Vismita Tej, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal and SECL CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra.

During the meeting important discussions were held mainly on issues related to SECL's operations including environmental clearances, forest clearances, land acquisition, expected cooperation from the state government in expansion of projects, rehabilitation and resettlement especially in respect of SECL’s mega projects such as Gevra and Kusmunda. In the meeting Hon'ble Secretary, emphasized on time bound completion of the projects with mutual coordination and cooperation with the State government.

It is to be noted that the Gevra Mega project of SECL recently became the first mine in the country to achieve 50 million tons of coal production. It is currently being expanded and developed to achieve 70 million tons of production which would make it the largest coal producing mine in Asia. In view of this this meeting was very crucial as expansion plans of mine involve coordinating with the state government for expedited land acquisition as well as other key aspects like environment, rehabilitations and resettlement.

In the meeting from SECL top management, Shri S K Pal, Director Technical Operations, and Shri S N Kapri, Director Technical (Project and Planning) along with higher officials from the state government were also present.Coal Secretary holds meeting with higher officials of Railways at SECL HeadquartersCoal Secretary Shri Amrit Lal Meena reached SECL Headquarters in the next phase of his stay along with CMD SECL Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra, where he was received by Director Technical (Operations) Shri SK Pal, Director (Finance) Shri G.K. Srinivasan, Director Technical (Planning/Projects) Shri SN Kapri, Director (Personnel) Shri Debasish Acharyya, followed by the guard of honor presented to the Coal Secretary by the security contingent of SECL.

Thereafter, Coal Secretary held a meeting with General Manager, South East Central Railway Shri Alok Kumar in the presence of SECL CMD Dr. Prem Sagar Mishra in SECL Headquarters Administrative Building, CMD Conference Hall. In the meeting, issues related to SECL's coal dispatch, availability of railway rakes, rail projects of SECL, etc. were discussed, along with Gharghoda, Korichpar, Dharamjaygarh, Chaal and Baraud sidings, Bilaspur-Urga National Highway, Dharamjaygarh to Urga coal project.

Secretary to General Manager, South East Central Railway, Mr. Himanshu Jain, Divisional Railway Manager, Mr. Praveen Pandey, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Mr. N. Sreekumar, Senior Divisional Operations Manager, Dr. PK Tripathi, CFTM, S. Abdul Rehman were present in the meeting. While Director Technical (Operations) from SECL Mr. SK Pal, Director (Finance) Mr. G. Srinivasan, Director Technical (Planning/Projects) Shri SN Kapri, Director (Personnel) Shri Debasish Acharya, various heads of departments were present.

Distribution of tricycles and wheel chairs to the differently abled from the hands of Mrs. B. Meena  Mrs. Poonam Mishra President Shraddha Mahila Mandal graces the occasion with her presenceUnder the auspices of Shraddha Mahila Mandal on 18 May 2023 at Vasant Club located at SECL Headquarters Vasant ViharTricycle and wheel chair distribution program was organized under the aegis of Shraddha Mahila Mandal on 18 May 2023 at Vasant Club located at SECL Headquarters Vasant Vihar. The chief guest of the program Mrs. Meena who was present on SECL stay along with Hon'ble Secretary Coal Shri Amrit Lal Meena. Mrs. Poonam Mishra, President of Shraddha Mahila Mandal was present on this occasion. It may be noted that Shraddha Mahila Mandal is a voluntary registered organization of co-religionists of officers working in SECL, which conducts various types of public welfare activities throughout the year, including orphanage, support to old age homes, sewing-embroidery-weaving training for women, computer Course, operation of water tank in summer season etc. is included. Women committees are also working in 13 areas of SECL under the aegis of Shraddha Mahila Mandal.

On this occasion, tricycles and wheelchairs were distributed to a total of 21 beneficiaries, out of which tricycles were given to 15 Divyangs and wheelchairs to 6 people. The list of beneficiaries was provided from the Social Welfare Department, Government of Chhattisgarh.

On this occasion, the members of Shraddha Mahila Mandal including Mrs. Rita Pal, Mrs. Raji Srinivasan, Mrs. Sangeeta Kapri, Mrs. Sharda Acharya, Vice President of Shraddha Mahila Mandal