A 10 million tonnes per annum capacity coal washery of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) would come up in Odisha.
Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup, who is on a three-day visit to the state, laid the foundation stone of the Ib Valley Washery in Lakhanpur Area of MCL, which is estimated to be built at a cost of Rs 396 crore by October 2017.
The washery will benefit the company, the common man and the country as a whole, Swarup said.
The Ib Valley Washery is one of the four 10 MTPY coal washeries (two each in Ib Valley Coalfields and Talcher Coalfields) being set-up by MCL, which are expected come up in financial year 2017-18.
Swarup also visited various opencast coal mines of MCL, where he was briefed on ongoing mining operation by the CMD and the directors of the MCL.
The Secretary also planted saplings of plants on the reclaimed sites of coal mines.
MCL, the leading coal producing company of the country, aims to contribute 250 million tonnes of coal to the one billion tonnes coal production target of Coal India Limited by 2020.
