Northern Coalfields' Rs 24,000-crore 'R&R' project to begin soon; additional charge to recover cost
Coal India arm NCL will soon commence its Rs 24,000-crore rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) project to relocate from Morwa township in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli, a top company official said on Sunday. The relocation, under the 'Singrauli Punarasthapan' project, will involve shifting around 50,000 people and 22,500 houses from the township spread across 927 hectares. Singrauli sits atop around 600 million tonnes of mineable coal.
«This is a huge project estimated at Rs 24,000 crore. We are in the advanced stages of negotiations with all four residents' associations regarding benefits and relaxations in documentation requirements. The good thing is that people have agreed to relocate,» Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) Chairman and Managing Director B Sairam told PTI.
The township's relocation was necessitated as NCL's Jayant coal mine is expanding and expected to come within 500 metres of the residential area in the next two years, which would hinder mining operations, he said.
«We have to put our money initially, and then recover it through the additional charge that begins from May, and that will continue,» Sairam said.
At present, NCL is working to iron out issues related to land acquisition, which will cost around Rs 4,000 crore.
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