NLC India Ltd's Joint Venture Successfully Commences Coal Production from Pachwara South Coal Block

NLC India Ltd's joint venture company, Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL), has successfully commenced coal production at the Pachwara South Open Cast Project in Dumka District, Jharkhand. The coal block, which was previously unexplored, has an extractable coal reserve of 264.84 million tonnes and a normative mining capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum. The project is part of the 3 x 660 MW Ghatampur Thermal Power Plant being established at Ghatampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Pachwara South Coal Block was allotted to NLC India Ltd by the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, in 2016, and NUPPL has fully explored the block through detailed drilling across the entire area.