Mining resumes in MCL

Bhubaneswar. Mining operations at Mahanadi Coalfield`s (MCL) Jagannath area in Talcher belt of Odisha today resumed after being disrupted for nearly four days due to road blockade by local villagers.
Mining operations as well as coal supply to different power plants from MCL`s Jagannath area in Angul district resumed following intervention by district administration last evening, MCL officials said.
"Complete normalcy has been restored in Jagannath coal mine area of MCL today. Production, transportation and supply activities are going on as usual," they said.
Regarding loss caused by the road blockade, they said loss in coal production was to the tune of 1.55 lakh tonne, while over burden removal (OBR) loss was of the order of 1.78 lakh tonne.