Singareni

Voicing concern over "privatisation of mines", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that it was a violation of labour laws and it meant pushing the workers into "bonded" labour, as he shared a video of his recent interaction with workers of the Singareni Coal Mines in Telangana. In the video shared by Gandhi on his YouTube channel, he tells the workers that the Congress stand is very clear that there should be no privatisation is strategic sectors. "A few days ago, I got a chance to meet and talk to the workers and employees of the coal mines of Singareni. Listened to their problems, and after listening I came to know that the root of every problem is the privatisation of mines," he said in his post along with the video. "This privatisation is a violation of labour laws and is a means of pushing workers into bonded labour. Some capitalists will benefit from this and the result will be what I have been saying for a long time - the rich will get richer, and the poor will

Agitators seek dearness relief as scheme component to ensure equitable pension; want adherence to provisions of CMPS 1998 on review and revision of pension every three years

The green panel directed the Telangana State Pollution Control Board to identify people whose houses have been damaged due to vibrations caused on account of blasting during the initial stages

SCCL has identified 127.31 hectares of land separately just adjacent to the existing plant. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 5,879.62 crore, the documents showed.

BS ReporterHyderabad, 11 July: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited(SCCL) is planning to sell an additional 5-6 million tonnes of coal outside Telangana, mostly to the power utilities in the neighboring states during the current financial year.Jointly owned by the state and the Centre with 51 and 49 percent share-holding respectively, the company has targeted to achieve a total production of 66 million tonnes this year, an additional 6 million tonnes over the previous year's production volumes. However, the targeted production is way behind the actual demand, according to SCCL chairman and managing director N Sridhar. He says there is a demand for 88 million tonnes of coal from power utilities and others both within and outside Telangana. The Telangana-based coalmine company has signed an agreement with the Karnataka Power Corporation on Monday to supply 8.1 million tonnes of coal this year. This is about one million tonnes more than what it has been supplying to the Karnataka ...