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| Govt. plans to develop coal mines and thermal power plant | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, June 23: Finding that setting up Hydel power projects was not only a costly affair but a time consuming exercise the Jammu and Kashmir state Power Development Corporation plans to develop coal mines and coal based pithead thermal power plant.
Official sources said that the plan of building a thermal plant was to be a joint venture programme and in this connection companies are being approached for assisting the Government in setting up thermal power project.
As far as the development of coal mines is concerned the state Government has approached the Mineral Exploration Corporation of India for its guidance and assistance in not identifying coal reserves but also developing these sites into coal mines.
The Industries and Commerce Minister S S Slathia has said that the government would develop a new coal mine in Kalakote envisaging about 6000 MT annual production to achieve self-sufficiency in coal. He has stated that the Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) has also been approached for undertaking detailed exploration of the coal in and around Kalakote area.
“A team of MECL after spot survey has identified huge reserves of good quality coal in Moghla and Bergoa areas at Kalakote,” official sources have said.
“About seven crore rupees are estimated to be incurred for undertaking detailed exploration in these two places,” he added.
Experts are of the view that if a detailed survey was carried out there were other areas in Udhampur and Rajouri districts which have coal reserves.
Once these areas were developed into coal mines two to three thermal power plants could be set up.
These experts want the state Government to carry out an in depth study of the reasons that led to the closure of the Kalakot thermal power project. The experts have also suggested to the Government to evaluate the cost fact or that would go in generating thermal power because those who would be benefited from thermal power should be able to meet the cost.
However, it has been examined that since the state Government had not been able to generate sufficient power from its river sources the only alternative was to bank on thermal power.
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