Lok Sabha Question No. 1441 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Operational Coal Washeries
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1441 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## Operational Coal Washeries

## 1441. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details  of  the  operational  coal  washeries  in  the  country  and  the  expenditure incurred annually to make these washeries operational;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to construct new washeries so as to bring about improvement in the quality of the coal produced in the country; and
- (c) the measures being taken by the Government to ensure more and more production of high quality of coal in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER,  NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) The  details  of  coal  washeries  operational  in  various  subsidiaries  of  Coal  India  Limited  are  as follows:

| Sl.no.   | Name of coal washery   | Subsidiary company   |   Capacity (MTY) | State     |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------|------------------|-----------|
| 1.       | Dugda-II               | BCCL                 |             2    | Jharkhand |
| 2.       | Bhojudih               | BCCL                 |             1.7  | W.Bengal  |
| 3.       | Sudamdih               | BCCL                 |             1.6  | Jharkhand |
| 4.       | Moonidih               | BCCL                 |             1.6  | Jharkhand |
| 5.       | Mahuda                 | BCCL                 |             0.63 | Jharkhand |
| 6.       | Madhuband              | BCCL                 |             2.5  | Jharkhand |
| 7.       | Kathara                | CCL                  |             3    | Jharkhand |
| 8.       | Swang                  | CCL                  |             0.75 | Jharkhand |
| 9.       | Rajrappa               | CCL                  |             3    | Jharkhand |
| 10.      | Kedla                  | CCL                  |             2.6  | Jharkhand |
| 11.      | Nandan                 | WCL                  |             1.2  | M.P       |
| 12.      | Gidi                   | CCL                  |             2.5  | Jharkhand |
| 13.      | Piparwar               | CCL                  |             6.5  | Jharkhand |
| 14.      | Kargali                | CCL                  |             2.72 | Jharkhand |
| 15.      | Bina                   | NCL                  |             4.5  | U.P       |
| Total    | Total                  | Total                |            36.8  | 36.80     |

The annual expenditure incurred for running these washeries in 2015-16 subsidiary-wise is given in the following table:

|   S.No | Annual Expenditure Incurred in Subsidiary   |   2015-16 (Rs in lakhs) |
|--------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | BCCL                                        |               129132    |
|      2 | CCL                                         |               247592    |
|      3 | NCL                                         |                 1369.67 |
|      4 | WCL                                         |                 6379.14 |

(b)  CIL  has  plans  to  set  up  15(  Fifteen)  coal  washeries  in  different    subsidiaries  of  CIL  with  total washing capacity of 112.6 Mty. Out of these, 6 are Coking Coal Washeries with capacity 18.6 Mty and 9 are Non-Coking Coal Washeries with a total capacity of 94 Mty.

(c)  CIL  and  its  subsidiaries  are  adopting  the  following  steps to  improve  the quality  of  low grade coal:-

- i. Deployment of more number of Surface Miners to facilitate selective mining.
- ii. Fifteen  nos.  of  washeries  have  been  planned  for  installation  with  a  capacity  of 112.60 Million tons.
- iii. Selective mining of bands of more than one meter thickness.
- iv. Appropriate positioning of OB and coal benches to avoid contamination.
- v. Scrapping/cleaning of coal benches before blasting.

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