MoP - Ministry of Power

Tendering process for infrastructures like Coal
Handling Plant, Railway Siding, Main Sub-Station, etc.
are under progress.
NTPC’s application for Stage-II Environment clearance
was discussed in the Expert Committee meeting of
MOEF on 29.08.2007.
NTPC is going ahead with appointment of a Mine
Developer-cum-Operator (MDO) through competitive
bidding process.
For obtaining of Forest Clearance, NTPC is pursuing
with Hazaribagh Distt. Admn. for issuance of
No-Objection Clearance on jungle-jhari land, as a
pre-requisite for Forest Clearance. Physical verification
of such land is under progress by them.
For coal evacuation from this mine, NTPC requires
KODERMA-HAZARIBAGH-BANADAG Railway Link,
taken up by Railways, to be completed in time.
Brief Status of Activities in Other Coal Mine Blocks :
The Talaipalli Coal Block, allotted to NTPC by Ministry
of Coal, was only regionally explored whereas Dulanga
block was partly explored. Accordingly, NTPC engaged
M/s MECL for undertaking detailed exploration &
preparation of Geological Report (GR) for these blocks.
Exploration has been completed in Dulanga and draft
GR has been received on 29.09.2007. In Talaipalli,
exploration is under progress. Around 33717 m of
drilling is already completed.
NTPC has already initiated action for land acquisition
in these blocks. For acquisition of land for mining,
Notification under Section 4(i) of CBA Act has been
published for these coal blocks as under :
Chatti-Bariatu & Talaipalli : on 22.08.2007
Kerandari : on 26.08.2007
Dulanga : on 18.10.2007
Application for Notification under Section 7(i) for
Chatti-Bariatu Block has been submitted on
19.10.2007. For other blocks, it is under preparation.
Feasibility Study for coal transportation and Railway
siding system have been conducted in these coal
blocks and finalization of routes are under progress.
Socio-Economic Survey has been completed in Chatti-
Bariatu, Kerandari and Dulanga coal blocks and reports
have been received. It is in progress in Talaipalli
coal block.
NTPC has submitted Mine Plan for Chatti-Bariatu
(7 MTPA) and Kerandari (6 MTPA) coal blocks to MOC
on 06.11.2007 and 27.11.2007 respectively,
for approval.
Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, UPA inspecting a model of the proposed 1500 MW
Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project at Jhajjar (Haryana) in October, 2007
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