Initiative has been taken by CIL to close unviable mines incurring heavy losses considering all aspects such as Infusion of Technology, Amalgamation with neighboring mine and Conversion of UG mines into OC mines to make the mines viable and to redeploy the manpower from these closed mines to other UG mines/OC mines gainfully.
Accordingly, production has been suspended from 43 mines in the FY 2017-18, 32 mines in FY 2018-19 and 7 mines in the FY 2019-20, in total 82 mines.
Subsidiary wise break up of these 82 mines is as follows:
ECL-21 , BCCL-22, CCL-11, WCL-09, SECL-19
Statement showing Subsidiary wise, Year-wise number of closure of unviable mines and reduction of manpower is given in table below: (As on 1 Sep 2023)
| Grand Total | Total Initial Manpower of 82 mines | 25402 |
|---|---|---|
| Total manpower of 82 mines as on 01.05.2024 | 5023 | |
| Total Reduction of Manpower | 20379 |
| Financial Year | ECL | BCCL | CCL | WCL | SECL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 43 Mines |
| Manpower as on 01.04.2017 | 1807 | 4551 | 4081 | 3377 | 1202 | 15018 |
| Manpower as on 01.05.2024 | 109 | 1949 | 66 | 85 | 34 | 2243 |
| Reduction of Manpower | 1698 | 2602 | 4015 | 3292 | 1168 | 12775 |
| 2018-19 | 10 | 15 | 1 | Nil | 6 | 32 Mines |
| Manpower as on 01.04.2018 | 1736 | 3945 | 266 | - | 1390 | 7337 |
| Manpower as on 01.05.2024 | 770 | 1541 | 0 | - | 142 | 2453 |
| Reduction of Manpower | 966 | 2404 | 266 | - | 1248 | 4884 |
| 2019-20 | 2 | Nil | Nil | 2 | 3 | 7 Mines |
| Manpower as on 01.04.2019 | 592 | - | - | 978 | 1477 | 3047 |
| Manpower as on 01.05.2024 | 126 | - | - | 144 | 57 | 327 |
| Reduction of Manpower | 466 | - | - | 834 | 1420 | 2720 |