Project Summary
Project Summary
Sector Name : COAL.
Agency Name : NORTHERN COAL FIELDS LIMITED.
Project Name : BLOCK-B EXPANSION OPENCAST PROJECT.

Reported Date : 13-FEB-25

MOU Status : Project Under MOU for 2017-2018

Monthly Report : 3 / 2025

Cost Overrun (%)-   0

Time Overrun (Months)-    48

Total/Pending/Completed Milestone - 7 / 3 / 4

Cost (Rs. in Crores)

OriginalRevisedNow Anticipated
998.710998.71

Expenditure (Rs. in Crores)

Cum. till Previous Financial YearCum. in Current Financial Year till last monthExpenditure in current monthCum. Expenditure till now
290.18111.9427.13429.25

Date of Commissioning (mm/yyyy)

OriginalRevisedAnticipated
3/20230/03/2027

Current Financial Year Budget (Rs. in Crores)

Budget EstimateRevised Estimate
1240

Ministry Review Date

LatestLastPhysical Progress (%)Status
06-SEP-2328.89Ongoing

Monthly Status

Background Information

FC:The Proposal was discussed in the Advisory Committee meeting held on 05.03.2025 wherein the Advisory committee recommended the proposal for StageI Inprinciple approval. StageI Inprinciple approval issued on 01.04.2025 Overall physical progress of 4.5 MTPA Incremental CHP:53.75% Tenancy Land (63.50 Ha): Payment of house compensation for 1273 cases has been done.1.Environmental Clearance:EAC held on 27.06.2023. ADS raised on 10.07.2023. reply on 25.09.2023. Further ADS raised on 05.10.2023. reply submitted on 13.10.2023. EAC meeting was scheduled on 16.11.2023. MoEFCC was informed about inability to participate in EAC meeting due to rejection of Stage I FC proposal (139.86 ha) by FAC. 2.Forest Land (631.39 Ha, Revised: 139.86 Ha): Subsequently, revised Application was submitted which was also rejected by MoEFCC on 22.11.2023. Further, NCL requested DG(Forests), MoEFCC to consider reduced 127.67 Ha of forest land on 24.11.2023.D(T/PP) requested NO, Bhopal vide letter dated 14.02.2024, to reconsider the proposal and urged them to request MoEFCC to change the proposal from rejected status and transfer it to the State Government level for further processing. NO, Bhopal, in a letter dated 19.02.2024, requested MoEFCC to lift the rejection and transfer the proposal to the State Government level for further processing. MoEFCC vide letter dated 22.03.2024 has directed to submit the revised proposal on Parivesh 2.0 portal as per provisions of Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Rules, 2023. 3.Tenancy Land (63.50 Ha): Payment of house compensation for 1024/1464 cases has been done. 4.Overall physical progress of 4.5 MTPA Incremental CHP:14.00%

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