Implementation of mega opencast projects in complete greenfields of Gopalpur tract of Ib valley coalfield in MCL - a success story

摘要

With the proposed very fast expanding production horizon of MCL in the coming millennium and the existing mines being operated at their almost optimal level, new mega opencast projects are to be undertaken and successfully completed to fulfill the expansion programme of the organization. Some of the mega-projects are bound to be in remote greenfields and in industrially backward and inhospitable localities. Efforts and strategy required in such projects are considerably different than in the projects undertaken adjacent to the developed coalfields.In this article, the author has tries to synthesize the various procedures involved in starting a new opencast project, the constraints faced at grass root level and steps taken to overcome them.