Improving productivity, quality of coal is imperative for Singareni’s sustainable growth, says Union Minister Kishan Reddy

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It is imperative to collectively strive for improving ember prime and productivity, too reducing the outgo of accumulation to beryllium competitory for sustainable maturation of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), said Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy.

The SCCL with 136-year-old glorious past is simply a prized possession for Telangana and the full country, helium remarked, calling for renewed absorption connected protecting Singareni (SCCL) with a workforce of astir 40,000 to 50,000, providing livelihood to thousands of families straight and indirectly.

Mr. Reddy addressed the ‘Atmiya Sammelanam’ of ember workers connected the premises of the 74-year-old PVK-5 underground ember excavation adjacent Kothagudem connected the 2nd time of his sojourn to the ember municipality connected Sunday.

Pointing retired that the terms of SCCL’s ember is higher compared to different ember companies, helium said, “You are alert of the fiscal presumption of the SCCL. The request of the hr is concerted efforts by each Singarenians to bring down outgo of production, amended productivity and prime of coal.”

“I americium ever acceptable to widen immoderate benignant of enactment to the SCCL,” the Union Minister said, adding, “All of america including me, the Chief Minister, the company’s CMD and each ember idiosyncratic are portion of the Singareni family.”

“A mendacious propaganda is being carried retired saying the SCCL is going to beryllium privatised. It is perfectly false. Singareni belongs to the workers and it is the privation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the archetypal stock successful the company’s profits should scope the workers,” helium said.

He said that coal-fired powerfulness accounts for 74% of India’s full energy generation. All ember companies should strictly adhere to zero-accident excavation policy. ₹1 crore mishap security screen has been provided to 4 lakh ember excavation workers crossed the country.

The Central authorities is promoting ember gasification projects, helium said, referring to the imaginable of ember gasification exertion for enhancing vigor security, reducing imports and achieving biology sustainability.

Published - January 25, 2026 06:45 p.m. IST

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