Archive · 6 Aug 2026
SCCL Targets 12,000 Tonnes Daily Coal Movement from Naini Mine
Coal is a dark rock that is burned to make electricity.
Power plants need a lot of coal every single day to keep running.
A company called SCCL digs coal out of the ground at the Naini Coal Mine in Odisha, a state in India.
Recently, company leaders held a meeting to make sure the coal gets delivered on time.
They decided to move at least 12,000 tonnes of coal every day, which is heavier than 1,000 elephants.
The coal will be carried by trucks to railway stations and then by trains to power plants.
Some of it will go to power plants nearby, while the rest will travel to faraway places like Telangana and Tamil Nadu.
Other companies that use the coal promised to pick up their share on time.
The leaders also asked the local police and district officials to help keep the roads clear for the coal trucks.
That way, homes and schools can keep getting electricity without interruption.
SCCL set a target of moving at least 12,000 tonnes of coal per day from its Naini Coal Mine in Odisha to consumers and railway sidings.
The review meeting was chaired by SCCL Director (Personnel & Finance) Gowtham Potru and Executive Director (Coal Movement) B. Venkanna.
The Naini Mine is projected to produce six million tonnes of coal annually for nearby power plants, the Singareni Thermal Power Plant in Telangana and thermal power stations in Tamil Nadu.
Coal will be moved to the Hindol Railway Siding and Kamakhya Nagar Railway Siding for onward rail transport to destinations.
Consumer companies including Jindal Steel, Jindal India Power Limited, Meenakshi Energy Limited and TNPGCL assured SCCL they would lift coal as per daily allocations.
- Who
- SCCL (Singareni Collieries Company Limited), led by Director (Personnel & Finance) Gowtham Potru and Executive Director (Coal Movement) B. Venkanna, along with consumer companies including Jindal Steel, Jindal India Power Limited, Meenakshi Energy Limited and TNPGCL, transport agencies, and Angul district officials.
- What
- A review of coal transportation logistics setting a target to move at least 12,000 tonnes of coal per day from the Naini Coal Mine to consumers and railway sidings.
- When
- Wednesday (specific date not mentioned in the articles).
- Where
- Naini Coal Mine in Angul district, Odisha, India; coal will be routed through the Hindol and Kamakhya Nagar railway sidings.
- Why
- To ensure uninterrupted fuel supplies to thermal power stations that depend on coal from the Naini Mine.
- Company
- Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)
- Daily transport target
- At least 12,000 tonnes of coal per day
- Annual production capacity
- 6 million tonnes (projected)
- Mine location
- Naini Coal Mine, Angul district, Odisha
- Railway sidings
- Hindol Railway Siding and Kamakhya Nagar Railway Siding
- Consumer companies
- Jindal Steel, Jindal India Power Limited, Meenakshi Energy Limited, TNPGCL
- Power plants supplied
- Nearby plants, Singareni Thermal Power Plant (Telangana), Tamil Nadu thermal stations
- Officials consulted
- Angul District Collector M. Abdul Akhtar and SP Rahul Jain
