New Delhi: Coal India Limited's (CIL) Chairman Pramod Agrawal was on two days visit to Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) to participate in NCL's 36th foundation day celebrations, that were held on November 28. Next day, on November 29, Agrawal visited and inspected NCL's Jayant Opencast coal mine. He also watched dragline's operation there. Draglines are one of the heaviest equipment on the planet, generally electrically operated used for removal of the material above the coal seam. During his visit, Agrawal was accompanied by NCL's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) PK Sinha and other functional directors & officials.

During his visit, he inaugurated the first-time deployment of surface miner in 'Turra seam'. The majority of NCL mines have three coal layers, 'Turra seam' is the lowest coal seam of NCL.

He also visited in the residential township of 'Jayant Project' one of the mega projects of NCL where he laid down the foundation stone of expansion of the athletic academy. NCL under CSR nurtures the young talent in athletics with free of cost residential and schooling facilities at the academy.

During the day, Agrawal also visited Nigahi opencast mine, another mega project of NCL, where he inaugurated the newly developed mine viewpoint. He felicitated the best employees of the Nigahi Area during the visit.

On the previous day, Agrawal graced the 36th NCL foundation day, where he inaugurated the Management Development Institute (MDI). Coal India is the holding company of Northern Coalfields Limited based in Singrauli.

(PSU Watch– India's Business News centre that places the spotlight on PSUs, Bureaucracy, Defence and Public Policy is now on Telegram. Join PSU Watch Channel in your Telegram and stay updated)