SCCL asks OC miners to resume work

To make up the loss suffered in production and dispatch of coal for three days due to the strike call given by the trade unions to some extent, the management of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL

To make up the loss suffered in production and dispatch of coal for three days due to the strike call given by the trade unions to some extent, the management of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has modified the play day guidelines to allow workers to resume work in the opencast mines and coal handling plants on Sunday.

According to the company authorities the financial loss to the company due to the three-day strike was ₹120 crore with a production loss of 4.5 lakh tonnes at 1.5 lakh tonnes a day. The management asked it workers and officials to put in extra efforts to achieve the targets fixed for the year by meeting the daily targets first.

The management has changed the norm for working on play day (Sunday) by reducing the number of musters (shifts) from four to two during the week keeping in mind the needs of power generation and other units depending on coal supplies from Singareni. Workers who work a play day would get wages for two musters. Accordingly, the company asked all those working in the opencast mines and coal handling plants to resume duties on Sunday.