Union Minister of State for Power and Coal (independent charge), Piyush Goyal has said that all the coal blocks in the country will become operational in the next couple of months. The minister replying to a query on why several coal blocks in Chhattisgarh, including some allotted in the latest auction, were idle said that he had discussed in detail what operational difficulties the winners of the recent coal block auction had and accordingly set up a coal monitoring portal, in which all the allotees were asked to register and flag difficulties faced by them.
Goyal added that centre, through the coal ministry, is monitoring all these blocks and their difficulties and coal secretary would personally visit the states including Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh to review the position of each mine. In next couple of months all the mines will be operational.
Meanwhile, in a related development the Centre has so far transferred the environment clearance (EC) of 19 coal blocks out of approved 29 mines from the earlier allottees to the new successful bidders. In a bid to expedite operations from the recently allocated coal mines, the Environment Ministry had amended EC norms after a request made by the Coal Ministry to facilitate transfer of ECs to successful coal bidders
The EC norms were eased as new coal block allottees feared that old allottees would create problems in transferring EC with no objection nod, thus delaying the commencement of mining operations. The Centre has auctioned 29 blocks in two phases to different companies.
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