THDCIL and the Coal Ministry have entered into an allotment agreement for Amelia coal mine in Madhya Pradesh.
"D V Singh, Chairman and Managing Director THDCIL and Vivek Bhardwaj, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, signed the allotment agreement for Amelia coal mine on December 15, 2016," a press statement said.
The Coal Ministry had in August 2016 allotted Amelia coal mine to hydro power generator THDCIL in order to meet the requirement of its Khurja STPP(2X660 MW).
The Amelia coal mine located in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, is spread on around 1619.10 hectare of lease land excluding 240.70 hectare land outside lease area.
The total geological coal reserve stands at 393.59 million tonnes. Rated capacity of the mine is 8.4 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of coal production.
The Khurja STPP shall facilitate overall development of the area, create job opportunities for the local people and improve the deficit power scenario of Uttar Pradesh, the statement said.
Besides, all major clearances viz land availability, water commitment, airport authority clearance, re-routing of NH-91 and railway siding for the project are already in place.
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