Northern
Coalfields Limited was formed in April 1986 as a subsidiary company of Coal
India Limited. Its headquarter is located at Singrauli, Distt. Sidhi (M.P.).
Singrauli is connected by road with Varanasi (220 Km.) – a holy city on the
banks of river Ganga, and Rewa (206 Km.) – the state of white tigers and Sidhi
(100 Km.) – district headquarter town of Madhya Pradesh. The nearest railway
station is Singrauli located on the Katni-Chopan branch line running parallel to
the northern boundary of the Coalfield. The nearest railway station for reaching
directly to Delhi and Kolkata is Renukoot that is located on the Garhwa-Chopan
rail-line. Nearest (private) airstrip is at Muirpur (60 Km.).
The area
of Singrauli Coalfields is about 2202 Sq.Km. The coalfield can be divided into
two basins, viz. Moher sub-basin (312 Sq.Km.) and Singrauli Main basin (1890
Sq.Km.). Major part of the Moher sub-basin lies in the Sidhi district of Madhya
Pradesh and a small part lies in the Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
Singrauli main basin lies in the western part of the coalfield and is largely
unexplored. The present coal mining activities and future blocks are
concentrated in Moher sub-basin.
The exploration carried out by
GSI/NCDC/CMPDI has proved abundant resource of power grade coal in the area.
This in conjunction with easy water resource from Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
makes this region an ideal location for high capacity pithead power plants. The
coal supplies from NCL has made it possible to produce about 10515 MW of
electricity from pithead power plants of National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC), Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) and Renupower
division of M/s. Hindalco Industries. The region is now called the "power
capital of India". The ultimate capacity of power generation of these power
plants is 13295 MW and NCL is fully prepared to meet the increased demand of
coal for the purpose. In addition, NCL is also supplying coal to power plants of
Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd, Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) and Hariyana
State Electricity Board.
NCL produces coal through mechanised opencast
mines but its commitments towards environmental protection is total. It is one
of very few companies engaged in mining activities, which has got ISO –14001
Certification for its environmental systems.
NCL, through its community
development programmes, has significantly contributed towards improvement and
development of the area. It is helping local tribal, non-tribal and
project-affected persons in overall improvement of quality of their life through
self-employments schemes, imparting education and providing health care.
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