JHANJRA EXPANSION UG

notice to proceed

Information Eastern Coal Fields Limited [ECL] has come up with JHANJRA EXPANSION UG with a ticket size of 1210.12 INR Crores. This project in Coal sub-sector involves The current status of the project is Notice to Proceed and is being developed through the EPC route. Economic/Social Impact of the Project It is a brownfield project. Coal production from Jhanjra Project started from 1989. The existing approved PR envisaged to extract seam R-VI by deploying 2 sets Standard height Continuous Miner and one Longwall Panel through MIC. PR also envisaged the extraction of R-VII & R-VIIA seam with Low height Continuous Miner through 3 &4 unit. The Expansion PR envisaged the extraction coal seams from R-VIII to R-II seam through MIC and 3 &4 unit by deploying Standard height Continuous Miner , Low height Continuous Miners and longwall along with road header at different sectors of the block. In 402nd Meeting held on 16th April, 2020, CIL Board has approved Expansion Project Report of Jhanjra UG, 2019 for a normative capacity of 5.00 MTY with additional capital investment of Rs.1210.12 Cr. EC granted for 5.00 MTY under cluster no . 12 group of mines on 3-03-2016 and its amendment obtained on 31.07.2020 & 31.07.2023. FC: FC Stage-II for 78.00Ha obtained on 14.03.2016, FC Stage-II for 90.30 Ha obtained on 16.08.2016. Target for FY 22-23 is 2.70 MT, Achievement for FY 22-23 is 2.917 MT. Target for FY 23-24 is 3.60 MT, Achievement for FY 23-24 till Feb-24 is 2.436 MT