Tag: Mcl

Angul: Launching protest against MCL, a subsidiary of Coal India, the residents of Danara village have staged an indefinite dharna outside the office of Hingula GM in Angul district demanding proper rehabilitation and employment for the displaced people. As per the allegations, over 80 per cent of the land in Danara village was acquired by […]

Jharsuguda: Alleging that open cast coal mines in Jharsuguda district have endangered their livelihood, villagers of Tingisamal and Sahajbahal have opposed expansion of mining activities in the area. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited has been operating both Lakahnpur and Samaleswari Open Cast Mines in Jharsuguda district. As per allegations, MCL […]

Angul: Panic gripped the locals of Deulabeda village under ward-18 of Talcher Municipality after a 50-feet-deep sinkhole opened up in a farmland out of nowhere on Wednesday. Sources said the farmland in the village opened up early morning creating a thunderous sound and triggering panic among villagers who were busy in their daily chores. As […]

Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL) planned to invest Rs 60,000 crore in Odisha, with Rs 31,000 crore to be spent on mining and social infrastructure development by 2023-24, the subsidiary of Coal India said in a statement, here on Saturday. MCL plans to increase coal production capacity to 300 million tonnes with investment in three new […]

Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited(MCL), an Odisha-based subsidiary of Coal India Limited, on Monday said the company has set a target of producing 263 million tonnes of coal by 2023-24 and employees must ensure normal mining operations to achieve the goal. In the current financial year, MCL has been assigned with a target of 173 MTs […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday laid the foundation stone of Utkal Upvan, an eco-park being developed by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) as a tourist attraction in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district at a cost of Rs 14 crore. The foundation stone was laid remotely through video conference from New Delhi by the union home […]

Jharsuguda: There is something to cheer about for the land oustees of coal mines in Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Sundergarh district as the Government of India has decided to set up a Coal Bearing Tribunal (CBT) at Jharsuguda to deal with the long-standing disputes related to payment and compensation of the land losers. In a letter […]