Reliance Power gets nod to mine more coal from Sasan coal blocks

NEW DELHI: The government has allowed Reliance Power's Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) to produce additional coal from its Moher and Moher Amlohri coal blocks attached to the project.

The project has been allowed to mine coal upto 17.20 million tonne per annum (mtpa) during the current fiscal year, Reliance Power said in a statement.

In June last year, the coal ministry had directed Sasan UMPP to limit annual coal production to 16 mtpa.

"Based on representations by SPL (Sasan Power Ltd) and its procurers to permit SPL to produce the requisite coal sufficient to meet the requirement of Sasan UMPP, MOC (ministry of coal) vide its letter dt. 15th March 2016 has permitted to increase the coal production upto 17.20 mtpa during 2015-16," the statement said.