Govt scraps coal mine of Sasan project.

The government has issued a formal notification scrapping allocation of one of the three coal mines for the Sasan ultra-mega power project built in Madhya Pradesh by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power as a fallout of the Supreme Court judgement, which cancelled the allotment of 204 blocks.

'The government has reconsidered the issue, keeping in view the judgement dated August 24, 2014, and order dated September 25, 2014 of Supreme Court ... and has decided to deallocate Chhatrasal coal block and thus hereby withdraw/cancels the allocation letter ... in favour of Sasan Power Ltd,' an official notification said.

The Chhatrasal coal block is one of the three captive mines that were allotted to Sasan Power Ltd. in 2006. The other two mines allotted for fuelling the Sasan project are Moher and Moher-Amlohri Extension.


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