Modi laud Western Coalfields Limited Nagpur in Mann Ki Baat

Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged people to conserve and save water especially rain water and asked people to do Yoga and physical exercise to fight diseases. In his 18th edition of monthly Mann Ki Baat programme on All India...

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By Nagpur Today On Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

Despite official closure of Durwasa mines, excavation work is going on!

Nagpur: As the time is changed, any thing may happen any time without any moral accountability. An example of this sort may be witnessed in respect of Durwasa open cast mines under Bhadrawati area of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) in...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, November 1st, 2014

WCL celebrated CIL foundation day and concluded Vigilance Awareness Week

Nagpur: 1st November, 2014. A goodwill run was organized in Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) today on the occasion of Coal India Foundation Day. The run was flagged off by Director (Personnel) of Western Coalfields Limited Rupak Dayal. While addressing the employees of...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

Personality Development & Vigilance Awareness Workshop in WCL

Nagpur:  “Personality Development and Vigilance Awareness” Workshop began in WCL Hqrs by Vigilance Department & Human Resources Development Department jointly. Dr. Vikrant Singh Tomar, the well known corporate trainer was core faculty. The programme was inaugurated by Om Prakash, Chairman-cum MD...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, August 16th, 2014

Dangerous Digging : Workers risk lives at WCL mines; top officials in deep slumber

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Putting the lives of miners at stake while blatantly ignoring the rules of mining, Western Coalfiled Limited (WCL) officials are allegedly being involved in certain illegal mining of coal reportedly for their own benefits....

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, June 5th, 2014

World Environment Day celebrated in Western Coalfields Limited

Nagpur News : Western Coalfield Ltd. (WCL) celebrated world environment day today in its headquarters in Nagpur. Shri Dinesh Chandra Garg, Chairman Cum Managing Director, WCL, administered pledge to the employees of the company. On this occasion D.C. Garg said that...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, May 19th, 2014

Coal India: 26th Inter- Company Kabaddi Championship 2013-14 held

   WCL win Kabaddi Competetion in Inter Company Coal India Kabaddi Championship 2013-14

Nagpur News : Three Day 26th Inter- Company Kabaddi Championship 2013-14 Coal India held at Savanera Stadium in Nagpur of WCL from May 15-17. All seven...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, March 13th, 2014

Coal India officers go on strike; output to be hit

Nagpur News : Coal India(COAL.NS) officers went on a three-day strike from Thursday to demand for a settlement of pay-related issues, in a move that could cut some of its 1.5 million tonnes-per-day output and tighten domestic supplies. The...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, February 27th, 2014

Rupak Dayal Director (Personnel), WCL conferred with HR Leadership Award

Nagpur News : Recognizing the achievements and acumen of Rupak Dayal, Director (Personnel), Western Coalfields Limited, distinguished panel at World HRD Congress 2014 organized at Mumbai on the theme “Mining Human Potential for Creating Great Organizations” conferred him “ HR...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, January 25th, 2014

Regional Coal Consumer Council Meet held at Western Coalfields Ltd

Nagpur News : Meeting of Regional coal consumer council (RCCC) held today in state owned Miniratna Public Sector enterprise Western Coalfields Limited (WCL). The meeting was Chaired by Om Prakash, Directro (Technical) of WCL. As per the directives of Ministry...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

Outsiders rule WCL Union in Nagpur; Zama does not evict house despite SC order; Workers suffer

Nagpur News. Though Western Coafields Limited (WCL) had won the case in Supreme Court and got authorization to evict influential trade union leader SQ Zama from the WCL quarters illegally occupied by him for years, the action only pointed to the...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, January 11th, 2014

WCL refutes claim about ‘Rs 5 cr demand’ by Kamalnath from its CMD; explores legal action

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Fumed over the report published across a local newspaper claiming that Union Minister Kamalnath has demanded Rs 5 crore from WCL’s Chairman and  Managing Director Dinesh Chandra Garg for serving favours to the latter, senior...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, November 25th, 2013

Coal is the key mineral for Indian Growth Story : D. C. Garg

Nagpur News : Chairman cum Managing Director of Western Coalfields Limited D. C. Garg attended two days long 7th India Energy Summit 2013 conducted by Indian Chamber of Commerce in Delhi recently Garg presented over Ramping up domestic coal production in...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, July 5th, 2013

WCL gets Coal reserves of 2.1 Million Tonnes by allocation of Dhou North Block

Nagpur News: Struggling to enhance coal output in view of closure of three mines namely Nandan-II Underground, Damua Underground and Nandan-I underground and looming threat of transfer of workers from three mines to outside Pench- Kanhan Coalfields, Western Coalfields Limited,...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

WCL to donates 5 Crores for Uttrakhand disaster Prime Minister Relief Fund

Nagpur News: Under the Chairmanship of D. C. Garg, Chairman Cum Managing Director of Western Coalfields Limited an urgent meeting of steering committee members was convened to discuss about situation arising in Uttrakhand due to cloudburst and massive land slide...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, June 24th, 2013

Coal mine turns into a gold mine for thieves as WCL, contractor desert the mine midway

The thieves got a lottery of a sort as they are “feasting” and “partying” on their choicest very costly machinery parts and tools as the “host” WCL, with no wisdom at all, handed over the  responsibility to no government security agency or...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, June 21st, 2013

Increasing demand of coal is a burning issue:D. C. Garg

Nagpur News: Chairman cum Managing Director of Nagpur based Western Coalfields Limited  Dinesh Chandra Garg attended a conference on “Recognizing the Indian Coal Supply Chain” as Chief Guest today. The day long seminar was organized by the reputed industrial magazine...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

WCL pumping out 71 lakh litres of water per hour, dumping it into drainage lines

The disastrous effect the excavation of mines causing is the ground water sources are being sucked by the 800 feet deep mines. The insensitive operation on the part of WCL bosses to excavate mines beyond permitted 250 feet level is...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Deafening sound of blasting in coalmines of WCL creates war-zone like situations

The power-packed blasting leaves residents nearby coalmines under Kanhan areas panicky with houses developing cracks. However, the blasting sound fails to wake up top WCL bosses from their deep slumbers Nagpur News: The residents of several villages and towns living nearby coal...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Will the Chasnala disaster, which killed 375 miners, repeat itself in WCL’s Sasti mine?

The WCL bosses, it appears, planning to produce a movie on the lines of Kaala Patthar which eloquently depicted the Chasnala tragedy, of course, now on its Sasti mine Nagpur News: The Chasnala mining disaster is likely to repeat itself, albeit, at different...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, May 9th, 2013

WCL’s two mines causing life-threatening pollutions shut down by outraged MPCB

Nagpur News: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has initiated a strong action against Western Coalfields Limited’s (WCL) two mines and accordingly, has ordered shut down of the mines for causing massive pollution. The two mines of WCL are based at...