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The Centre has nary nonstop authorization to intervene successful the functioning of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) contempt holding a 49% stake, but adjacent the dissent notes submitted by its nominated directors successful committee meetings were being ignored portion cardinal decisions taken by the State Government, which controls the remaining stake, were not being communicated successful usurpation of procedural norms, alleged Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy.
Addressing a property league astatine the Telangana BJP bureau connected Thursday, the Secunderabad MP intensified his onslaught connected some the BRS and Congress governments for the 2nd consecutive day. He accused them of “corruption, irregularities and fiscal mismanagement” successful the cognition of SCCL, which employs thousands and remains 1 of Telangana’s astir captious nationalist assemblage entities.
Mr. Kishan Reddy said rules governing the Chairman and Managing Director’s assignment were violated erstwhile the tenure was extended to 5 years alternatively of the prescribed four. Even aft this deviation, successive governments continued to tally the organisation with in‑charge CMDs alternatively than appointing a full‑time head.
The Minister claimed that astir 12 backstage companies were operating wrong Singareni and respective functions had been outsourced during the BRS regime. However, the Centre was not informed astir the quality of their enactment oregon the standard of their operations, helium alleged.
On the contentious Naini ember block, Mr. Reddy said 17 companies conducted tract visits and the tender deadline was acceptable for January 29, but the process was abruptly cancelled — mirroring what happened nether the erstwhile BRS government, erstwhile tenders were withdrawn aft receiving bids.
The BRS Government had besides handed implicit Tadicherla artifact forcing SCCL manus and making the Project Authority Certificate mandatory by the existent authorities has present “left scope for corruption,” helium said.
He besides accused the erstwhile authorities of misusing CSR funds “indiscriminately” successful BRS MLAs’ offices connected items similar “sofas and swimming pools” and diverting them to constituencies. He said the ₹1,500‑crore District Mineral Fund, intended for improvement successful mining‑affected areas, was not released. Stating that SCCL workers proceed to trust connected outdated machinery owed to money shortages, Mr. Reddy said the Centre is prepared to behaviour transparent ember auctions if the State Government is incapable to bash so.
