KCR Writes To PM Requests Withdrawal Of Proposal To Auction SCCL Block

Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, on the 9th of December, raised objection over the coal block auction.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop auctioning of four coal blocks of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL.) The request came after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Central Government proposed to auction 4 coal blocks of the SCCL, a State run coal mining.

In regard to this, KCR wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking to withdraw the proposal. He asked Mr. Narendra Modi to instruct the Union Coal Ministry to stop the auction of JBROC-3, Sravan Pally OC, Koya Gudem OC-3 and KK-6 UG Block under the Union Ministry's Trench 13.

In his letter, the Telangana CM also mentioned about the disagreement of the SCCL workers over the auction. He said that the SCCL Workers Unions have called for a three day strike, starting from today, the 9th of December.

In addition, Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao highlight said that the SCCL was producing 65 million tons of coal every year and playing a key role in catering to the needs of thermal power plants in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States. He added, that after bifurcation of the State from Andhra Pradesh, the maximum demand for power was 5,661 Mega Watts in 2014 in Telangana and by March 2021, it went up to 13,688 MWs. The demand raised and coal was supplied uninterruptedly for the generation of thermal power. Based on the Singareni needs, the State government had issued several mining licenses, which the Center was aware of and the Union Coal Ministry also gave its green signal.

He concluded his letter stating the auction would impact the needs under Singareni jurisdiction for coal.