CM KCR not to allow coal blocks auction. Minister for Energy G. Jagadish Reddy responding to the question raised by the Congress MLA Duddilla Sridhar Babu said “Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will oppose all vested moves of the Centre and ensure Singareni’s survival. People should not have any doubts in this regard,”
He added "Despite the Telangana government’s appeal to allot four coal blocks situated in the Singareni area, they were offered for allocation through auction by the Centre and CM KCR would ensure that coal mines were allocated to the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), thwarting the attempts being made by the Centre to allot the mines to others including private agencies."
He said "In December 2021, the Chief Minister had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allot the coal blocks to Singareni directly. An appeal was made to the Ministry of Coal as well for reservation or allocation of coal-bearing areas of Godavari valley coal fields under section 17A / 11 A of the MMDR Act. But the union government did not consider Telangana’s plea"
He said CM KCR is making all efforts to save the valuable assets in Telangana unlike the opposition parties who earlier were sleeping in their regime.
