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SCCL Reaches 5.47 Crore Saplings as CMD Balram Surpasses 20,000 Personal Plantings

The coal miner is tapping India’s Van Mahotsav festival to equip villagers with free fruit saplings as part of its broader green cover drive

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Overview

  • SCCL has planted 5.47 crore saplings across 15,231 hectares, establishing mini-forests in six districts of Telangana’s coal belt.
  • Chairman N. Balram marked his birthday by planting 225 saplings at the GK Opencast mine, pushing his personal total past 20,000 and setting a civil service record.
  • The company has distributed 22.9 million fruit-bearing saplings free to villagers to promote sustainable cultivation and community involvement.
  • Ongoing Van Mahotsav campaigns have mobilized SCCL employees and local residents in coordinated plantation drives across mining sites.
  • SCCL aims to plant 40,000 more saplings before year-end to build on its afforestation momentum.